Photo: D&RGW Gondola 70609 (1952)
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Photo: D&RGW Gondola 70609 (1952) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/81323/rec/349 Click on the double-headed arrow and then scroll to enlarge the image to get a good view of the gondola. Taken at Montrose, Colorado. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Lots of interesting stuff in this photo including the hand transfer from the narrow gauge gon to a standard gauge one. Several oil jobbers. NSC end on the CN boxcar, Murphy end on the SSW boxcar, etc.
This is one to savor.
Thanks, Steve Hile
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Bob Chaparro via groups.io
Photo: D&RGW Gondola 70609 (1952) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/81323/rec/349 Click on the double-headed arrow and then scroll to enlarge the image to get a good view of the gondola. Taken at Montrose, Colorado. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Richard Townsend
And not just any Murphy end on that SSW car. It looks like a 7/2/7. I've never seen an end like that. Or maybe it's even a 7/1/1/7 end. Richard Townsend
Lincoln City, OR
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From: Steve and Barb Hile <shile@...> To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Sent: Sat, Jan 2, 2021 10:24 am Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Photo: D&RGW Gondola 70609 (1952) Lots of interesting stuff in this photo including the hand transfer from the narrow gauge gon to a standard gauge one. Several oil jobbers. NSC end on the CN boxcar, Murphy end on the SSW boxcar, etc.
This is one to savor.
Thanks,
Steve Hile
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Bob Chaparro via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2021 12:08 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: [RealSTMFC] Photo: D&RGW Gondola 70609 (1952) Photo: D&RGW Gondola 70609 (1952)
A photo from the Denver Public Library:
Click on the double-headed arrow and then scroll to enlarge the image to get a good view of the gondola.
Taken at Montrose, Colorado.
Bob Chaparro
Hemet, CA
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Scott
Neat photo! I wonder if that is some kind of uranium ore from Durango heading up to Grand Junction for refinement. Could be anything I suppose but they are are not going through all that for sand or gravel. Maybe gold or silver concentrate I suppose.
Scott McDonald
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Ray Hutchison
caption on photograph says "metal material in gondola"... but what is in the first of the narrow gauge gondolas at bottom of photo?
(If I was working that day, and saw a group of narrow gauge brought into the yard with loads of ore, or sand, or whatever, I would have been really ____.)
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William Reed
Another scene from Montrose clearly showing the size difference between NG and SG. 454 switching an Auto Box. I have a model of this box car I'm building in P48 (O scale).
William
aka drgwk37
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Steve and Barb Hile <shile@...>
Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2021 1:24 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Photo: D&RGW Gondola 70609 (1952) Lots of interesting stuff in this photo including the hand transfer from the narrow gauge gon to a standard gauge one. Several oil jobbers. NSC end on the CN boxcar, Murphy end on the SSW boxcar, etc.
This is one to savor.
Thanks, Steve Hile
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io]
On Behalf Of Bob Chaparro via groups.io
Photo: D&RGW Gondola 70609 (1952) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/81323/rec/349 Click on the double-headed arrow and then scroll to enlarge the image to get a good view of the gondola. Taken at Montrose, Colorado. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Clark Propst
The Bill Welch auto box? Anyone know how far Bill got with that proposed kit?
Clark Propst
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Eric Hansmann
I think Bill had a couple of test castings made. He had shared images of the masters and prototype in a couple of emails a year or two ago. IIRC, he wasn't quite satisfied and was going to add a couple more details.
Eric Hansmann
Murfreesboro, TN
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Tom Madden
On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 08:28 AM, Eric Hansmann wrote:
<!doctype html>I think Aaron was working with Bill on those patterns. It definitely wasn't me. Would be both a tribute to Bill and a gift to the hobby if those patterns could be completed by someone with Aaron's skill. Tom Madden
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