dehusman I photo 5 the center of attention is the "Davey Crockett" person in the center wearing the coonskin cap. You can see a gaggle of teen, pre-teen boys focused on him.
I photo 5 the center of attention is the "Davey Crockett" person in the center wearing the coonskin cap. You can see a gaggle of teen, pre-teen boys focused on him.
More the out rage is those wearing ball caps at a public gathering. It was considered improper for a man to go out in public with out a Fedora hat. I remember my Aunt giving my uncle what for and down the road because he went to a hobby shop without wearing a hat! He was into building model cars.
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rrinker PC101 In photo #1, lower left corner, the boy walking away from the camara, hat, over coat with a dark collar and sneakers, arms kinda up in front of him, (hands together ?). In photo #2, the boy closest to and walking towards the photographer, same dress and hands together. Now where is that lady with the big suitcase? Right in the middle, walking away from the camera, next to the receeding hairline guy with the camera bag on the ground who is looking back at the camera. --Randy
PC101 In photo #1, lower left corner, the boy walking away from the camara, hat, over coat with a dark collar and sneakers, arms kinda up in front of him, (hands together ?). In photo #2, the boy closest to and walking towards the photographer, same dress and hands together. Now where is that lady with the big suitcase?
In photo #1, lower left corner, the boy walking away from the camara, hat, over coat with a dark collar and sneakers, arms kinda up in front of him, (hands together ?).
In photo #2, the boy closest to and walking towards the photographer, same dress and hands together.
Now where is that lady with the big suitcase?
Right in the middle, walking away from the camera, next to the receeding hairline guy with the camera bag on the ground who is looking back at the camera.
--Randy
Yes Randy I goofed. I was trying to find the lady in the other photo. I had the wrong numbers with the photos and that ''find em'' sentence was not with the correct photo. Now I'm looking at a tall man (and surrounding folks) at the top of the stairs to the loco on the flat car. I am trying to match him to a tall man (and surrounding folks) halfway up the same stairs. Which would tell which photo may have been taked first.
I loved Daniel Boone with his friend Mingo back when I was a very young kid.
I would have to say I had some Hero's in that series back then. And I did know Daniel Boone was Fess Parker.
There's a coonskin cap out in my buddy Erv's garage in Prior Lake. At different times either one of us put it on and the other one of us always laughs.
TF
gmpullmanThe question posed to me was regarding the device hanging just below the jacking pad above the front truck.
Look's like a re-rail frog to me.
Rust...... It's a good thing !
dknelsonthe Milwaukee Road rib-sided (not waffle sided) boxcars date back to the pre WWII era
the Milwaukee Road rib-sided (not waffle sided) boxcars date back to the pre WWII era.
I can say that in the mid 1950s it was the rare kid who either did not have a coon skin cap or didn't want one. Fess Parker was our hero on TV.
I notice a number of dignitaries in the photo wearing very old fashioned top hats, sort of Civil War era. I assume perhaps a civic celebration combined with railroad celebration? It was obviously chllly out based on the caps and hats and leather jackets.
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Someone date that waffle-side boxcar with 'Route of the' ... I can't figure out either the road name or what it's the route of, but the construction looks modern for 1952.
BigDaddyI thought you meant this guy in back
That sort of looks like a police cap, maybe?
Fun stuff! Ed
I thought you meant this guy in back
How about Estes Kefauver, who adopted the hat to run for Senate in 1948? That doesn't explain why a couple kids are wearing them. Kefauver's name will ring a bell as he investigated organizied crime, as well as running in the 52 primary for President (where he won Ohio)
BigDaddyI dunno if it's a fireman,
You're right, he could be old enough to be an engineer
Goggles by Edmund, on Flickr
(On closer scrutiny, I don't see any firefighter caps, either )
BigDaddyI'm going to guess the date is 1955 or 1956
I was going by the 1951 Ohio plates on the Packard? (Photo 4)
Cheers, Ed
I dunno if it's a fireman, behind a Marine officer and Navy commander. The guys in the trench coats are Army or maybe Airforce.
There is a another kid in a coonskin cap between the guy that looks like Al Capone and the guy in the top hat that looks like Babe Ruth. Could the coonskin cap with his back to us be Fess Parker? Disney's Daniel Boone started in 1954. I'll bet there were no coon skin caps before that, at least not outside the country.
I'm going to guess the date is 1955 or 1956
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BigDaddyWhat everyone has missed is that the people in front of the 3 locos are looking at something else. They are not standing inline to see those locos, their backs are turned toward the locos. What don't we see?
Funny you should ask.
Last night I went through the stack to find the original three prints in hopes of something being written on then — zilch.
However, I came across two more prints from that day — I probably passed them over on the first go-around due to the lack of specific railroad interest. These two photos seem to show some sort of proclamation being read or presented plus some dignitaries and perhaps military officials, and do I see a fire department captain's cap?
PHOTO FIVE
PRR_Display by Edmund, on Flickr
The freight seems to be running on another track "less ballasted"?
Some of those top-hats look like they've been sat on! I expect one of those fellows to pull a groundhog up by the scruff of the neck and declare six more weeks of winter!
PHOTO SIX
PRR_Display_people by Edmund, on Flickr
WOHI Radio hails from East Liverpool, Ohio, the next town upriver. At least it is another location clue
Track fiddlerI take it that's for filling the tenders with water right?
Or water for the E8s steam generator tanks. It still looks pretty chilly out so the steam heat is probably supplied to the train.
Still more questions than answers. Perhaps tonight I'll pose an inquiry in the PRR groups.io forum.
Have Fun! Ed
BRAKIEI'm surprise nobody notice the track next to the freight cars in photo 3 is either out of service or hasn't been used for a long time.
I looked at the wrong photo (2) and the track with the loco on the flat car, has ties that are much higher than the surrounding tracks. Does that mean it was laid for the event?
What everyone has missed is that the people in front of the 3 locos are looking at something else. They are not standing inline to see those locos, their backs are turned toward the locos. What don't we see?
BRAKIE I'm surprise nobody notice the track next to the freight cars in photo 3 is either out of service or hasn't been used for a long time.
I'm surprise nobody notice the track next to the freight cars in photo 3 is either out of service or hasn't been used for a long time.
I didn't notice that one Larry. But now that you mentioned it, those rails do look a bit crusty on top.
I hope this is not a stupid question but I noticed a hose across the lines on photo 2 and 3. I take it that's for filling the tenders with water right?
Quite the spotlight on the back of the tender off photo 3. I bet that thing would light up the yard!
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I will have to add Altoona, Pennsylvania to the loop. I must see that Queen Mary heavy hauler in person.
Brake wheel looks like a Peacock. See article in MRH 11/2013.
I've seen that car in Altoona. Neat place to visit. Not the biggest museum but there are definitely some interesting things to see there. And of course it's not far from Horseshoe Curve.
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dknelsonI just noticed the rather interesting handwheel for the brakes on the flatcar.
— and in case anyone is not familiar with the "Queen Mary" those four trucks were salvaged from, IIRC, a pair of PRR 180P76 Coast-to-Coast tenders. The car now resides in the Railroader's Memorial Museum in Altoona.
Thanks, Ed
Thanks to Ed's close-up of the kid jumping off the coupler, I just noticed the rather interesting handwheel for the brakes on the flatcar.
And you have to love the poling pocket ... on such an enormous car.
Lads-a-leapin'
The camera also caught this fellow (sans hat, the rebel!) in mid-leap:
Photo Three:
PRR_display-leap2 by Edmund, on Flickr
Photo Four:
PRR_FD1_leap by Edmund, on Flickr
BigDaddyWould that structure on teh roof be the top of an elevator, or just stair access to the roof?
Being that it is brick, so justifiably must run all the way to the ground floor I'd say your right about it being a freight elevator shaft. Roof stairway access could be a lighter-sided structure.
Track fiddlerI see the Smoke Jack, looks like a funny place for a wood-burning stove. Maybe it's a condemned building and someone's living in there.
We're in coal-territory here. Coal stove, I'm sure. Probably the boss-man's office (windows still have glazing). Perhaps this is a remaining building of a larger complex and the steam heat boiler was torn down or otherwise removed.
If indeed it is Wellsville there were many pottery and brick producers along the Ohio River here as well as many steel fabricators.
BigDaddyThe town hall looks like a library or a Catholic school to me.
Youre absolutely correct. City Hall looked like this:
Wellsville_PC-color-2 by Edmund, on Flickr
Now look at the "Parochial School" building. Center hall, stairway. Tall arched window. I believe this is the building.
Wellsville_school by Edmund, on Flickr
PRR_Wellsville-crop by Edmund, on Flickr
Would that structure on teh roof be the top of an elevator, or just stair access to the roof?
The photo was taken JUST as a kid is jumping off the coupler of the flat car (which is coupled to another heavy duty flatcar to the far right)
The building has mostly bricked or boarded up windows but an open dock with something in the interior so I am thinking - warehouse or freight house of some kind. Glass windows to far right include venting with a stack. Guy on the roof is maybe taking pictures too. Maybe talking to someone inside?
When going to an event like this you'd want your wife along with two big purses - just in case a marker light or builder's plate happens to become, you know, loose or something.
The town hall looks like a library or a Catholic school to me.
Quite the heavy hauler indeed. I've only seen one of those once before and remember describing it on Show Me Something a few months ago. I have quite a few depressed center heavy weight flat cars but sure would like to find one like that.
What is that guy doing up on the roof by the boarded-up window. I can't really tell if that double cylinder looking thing is something he set down on the edge or if that's some part of the building? Closer look appears to be a roof vent like the others to the right.
I see the Smoke Jack, looks like a funny place for a wood-burning stove. Maybe it's a condemned building and someone's living in there.
dknelsonThat was a different era of railfanning to be sure
Indeed.. As a teenager I been in locomotive service areas,in signal towers and a NYC roundhouse, spent time in a switch tender's shanty and a crossing guard shanty.
Was I trespassing? Nope.. It was by invitation. Railroaders was far more friendlier back then.
In all these photos - Hats! Almost nobody wears hats these days, but old photos usually show a majority of folk, men and women, wearing hats - and kids too in these. Do your average Preiser figures have hats? Probably makes authentic period dress difficult to replicate for modellers.
Bob