Hillsdale MI 1992ish....disconnected tracks but all appliances are there
its not a car but its a fallen flag....Howell MI circa 1995
transitrapid wrote: Saint Lawrence Railway..... Who Knows were they are....Pittsburgh and Shawmut--- No clue were that is
Saint Lawrence Railway..... Who Knows were they are....
Pittsburgh and Shawmut--- No clue were that is
St. Lawrence Railway is located in Canada. It is still in operation. Genesee & Wyoming operates that rail line.
http://www.gwrr.com/default.cfm?action=rail§ion=3B6a
Genesee & Wyoming took over the Pittsburg & Shawmut, then was merged into the Buffalo & Pittsburg.
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I think the St Lawrence Railroad/Railway was a Pickens property - they were part of the huge boxcar leasing boom some years back. The actual railroad was in St Lawrence County in NY.
Saw an SP autorack the other day, installed on an SP flatcar - unusual in that most that I see are installed on TTX flats...
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J. Edgar wrote: its not a car but its a fallen flag....Howell MI circa 1995
nice photo
transitrapid wrote: Saint Lawrence Railway..... Who Knows were they are....
On Friday 5/5, behind the O. Winston Link Museum (former N&W passenger station) in Roanoke, VA, I saw a former St. Lawrence boxcar in a NS train. New owner must have sanded or sandblasted the former name off the car, because you could read the name in the very rusted areas of the boxcar, which otherwise was in reasonably good condition.
In 1997 or before, you could still read the "Western Maryland" on the girders of an unused former RR bridge right next to I-70 between Hancock, MD and Baltimore.
There is a bridge that still carries a very readable black ACL RR label (bridge is silver) visible from U.S. 84 between Valdosta and Waycross, GA.
Maybe 10 years ago, also on U.S. 84 in south GA, saw a NYC boxcar still in its eye-popping jade green. The lettering and logo were still in good shape.
In Kent, Ohio one can see grain cars on the Akron Barberton Belt Ry division of the Wheeling & Lake Erie at our mill; they frequently carry the colors of the former NYC, PC, E-L, and C & NW. But I was taken aback the other day to see a W & LE train with a unit on the head end in complete D & RGW colors; what a treat, here in Ohio!
Kent also has a bridge still painted "Nickel Plate Road" and in Akron there is at least one clearly painted "Erie" with the requisite diamond heralds.
Not really rare or obscure, but caught these several days ago here in Louisville
on old PRR trackage going to Osborne Yard.(now L & I)
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peterjenkinson1956 wrote:i have repainted 8 x B & O / C & O COVERED HOPPERS I AM WEATHERING THEM FROM USED TO DERELICT THANKS TO THE FORUM I FOUND A USE FOR THEM OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE DITCHED THEM,, sorry for the caps peter
up until Ohio Central took over operation from CSX over the Central Ohio Sub. CSX use to run a C&O cabosse from Newark to Cambridge and back with the original no# 3287, my buddy modeled it.
I don't know what ever happen to it.
On my way to the NRHS convention in 2005, I saw an Northern Pacific gondola on an industrial spur near Eugene, Oregon. It was in well-worn condition (surprise!), with the carrier name barely legible.
Far as I recall, it did not have updated reporting marks--BNSF is probably at liberty to go on using the ones from predecessor lines for as long as it's convenient.
locomutt wrote: Not really rare or obscure, but caught these several days ago here in Louisvilleon old PRR trackage going to Osborne Yard.(now L & I)
well not to date myself or anyone here.....id call 'em rare or obscure...been 20 yrs since the "offical" merger that ended the Chessie and the SCL and almost 30 since the "corpate" merger......and since i was i've always known it as either the C&O\B&O or Chessie seeing something like this make me say "Look look !!!!!!!! weres the camera"
J. Edgar wrote: locomutt wrote: Not really rare or obscure, but caught these several days ago here in Louisvilleon old PRR trackage going to Osborne Yard.(now L & I) well not to date myself or anyone here.....id call 'em rare or obscure...been 20 yrs since the "offical" merger that ended the Chessie and the SCL and almost 30 since the "corpate" merger......and since i was i've always known it as either the C&O\B&O or Chessie seeing something like this make me say "Look look !!!!!!!! weres the camera"
Maybe I should have said: "rare and obscure" yet.
Apparently they are not old enough to have qualified for the ARR retirement program.
I grew up basically knowing the "Old" C & O, not any of it's spin offs, or merger companions.
I think I just "dated" myself....makes me no nevermind, I'm very proud that I've lived this long.
About 3 years ago on the CN in Michigan for a few months there were some B&M Exterior-Braced 50' Plugged Door Boxcars with Dreadnought Ends still in the complete 1973 B&M Blue & Black paint scheme. It was in great shape for a Boxcar series 25 years old at the time.
Add Boston & Maine to your list of freight cars to keep.
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