Trackside, December 1941

[highrailjon]

[csxt30]

Very nice Jon !! A beauty of an engine, and like I always like to say, ARMY WINS !!

Thanks, John

[dgraham]

Cool shots, Jon  
Very nice as always

[Sturgeon-Phish]

Real nice !!!

Jim 

[Anonymous]

Great pics as always, Jon. I really enjoy all the war themed stuff you post. You should throw them all up on a website with a nice storyline

[cnw1995]

I just saw that Navy pickup and recruiting card offered for sale in a catalog. V. nice weathering.

[Anonymous]

What a very, very nice scene - right down to the correctly contemporary trucks.

One comment: The "Gee, I Wish I Were A Man" poster was made in either 1917 or 1918, and I thought it was primarily used during the First World War, not the Second. Here is a link discussing the poster:

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/arttopic/pstr-rec/nrp-w1a.htm

 

 

[highrailjon]

 You may be correct on the poster. I'm not much of an authority in that area. Seeing as it came with the truck, I assumed it was period.

 Thanks for the nice comments,all!!

[Anonymous]

 Fabulous looking ! As most of us old timers know John alot of things/equipt was used at the beginning of world war 2 from the world war 1 era. Our boys in the pacific were outfitted with old outdated materials --- one main reason the Japs did so well against us at first . Love that engineer with the bandanna around his neck ! Going shopping for one now ! Some of the figures out there look like the real thing ---- some like trolls ... LOL  Those look real good .  Exceptional detail !

[Anonymous]

You may be correct on the poster. I'm not much of an authority in that area. Seeing as it came with the truck, I assumed it was period.

I merely thought you would want to know, given the admirable contemporary detail with which you supplied the scene.

As most of us old timers know John alot of things/equipt was used at the beginning of world war 2 from the world war 1 era. Our boys in the pacific were outfitted with old outdated materials --- one main reason the Japs did so well against us at first.

And not just old-timers. From our troops in Bataan, who had WWI Stokes mortars that sometimes were duds one round in every five, to our Marines on Guadalcanal, who initially had Reising guns that were as likely to jam and misfire as shoot, our Pacific War troops initially fought with a great disadvantage in equipment against one of the worst-equipped armies in the modern world. And that was very, very, wrong.

[traindaddy1]

You may be correct on the poster. I'm not much of an authority in that area. Seeing as it came with the truck, I assumed it was period.

I merely thought you would want to know, given the admirable contemporary detail with which you supplied the scene.

As most of us old timers know John alot of things/equipt was used at the beginning of world war 2 from the world war 1 era. Our boys in the pacific were outfitted with old outdated materials --- one main reason the Japs did so well against us at first.

And not just old-timers. From our troops in Bataan, who had WWI Stokes mortars that sometimes were duds one round in every five, to our Marines on Guadalcanal, who initially had Reising guns that were as likely to jam and misfire as shoot, our Pacific War troops initially fought with a great disadvantage in equipment against one of the worst-equipped armies in the modern world. And that was very, very, wrong.

MyOn us "Queen Of Battle" a few years later. (No further comment)

[highrailjon]

 To: Just a Hobo, RaleighTrainFan, and Traindaddy1, I know where you Brothers are coming from!! I'm blessed and proud to still be in the military and serving this country!

[Anonymous]

^ My great thanks to you for your service to our nation.

[FJ and G]

That's great, Jon,

Here's a USACE photo of an Army switcher in Tulsa. It was taken very recently.

 

 

[Anonymous]

^ Is that a 44-ton switcher?

[FJ and G]

Ralph,

 

I'm not sure.  The USACE people who took the photo probably don't know unless they are in the RR department. 

[1688torpedo]

 Hello Highrailjon-  Nice Photo's & Thank You for serving in our Nation's Military as well. Dave- That Engine in your photo does look like a GE 44 Ton Center Cab all right. There is a Chemical Facility east of here (Painesville,Ohio) that uses one of those in its Railyard to switch around the Tanker Car's & make up trains also. Take Care.

[laz 57]

JON,

   Nice photos as usual and thanks for serving our nation, as KEITH has said.  Love your gun collection.  How many M1 carbines and Garrands do you have?  Love those guns I have 1 and 1 want more but starting to get high.  If I win lottery going to go for WWII tommy gun,full auto of course.

laz57

[highrailjon]

 Laz, I'm down to 1 and 1, myself!! A Postal Meter carbine and a Springfield Garand. I've owned one at one time or another from just about every manufacturer to include: Remington, Singer, H&R, Underwood, Inland, IBM, Rock-ola, to name a few!!!