Aside from the stack, the boat has a distinct resemblance to the SS North American and SS South American of the Georgian Bay Line.
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Locomotive is likely photographed at Eddystone, readied to be run with the typical messenger on board to... wherever the original customer plant was located.
Extremely valuable in showing how a locomotive to be shipped this way, on those trucks and bearings, would have been fitted out for the trip.
Lack of MU on a switcher was not that unusual at the time, especially on a steel mill switcher.
NDGSuggest this Baldwin is In Transit, Dead, Drained?, From the Baldwin Works near Philadelphia to it's new home at American Steel and Wire.
Dead, most likely. I don't see any MU receptacles. Drained - probably depends on the time of year, although the chimney coming from the cab might well suggest it's cold outside. The plywood was likely a temporary replacement for the regular door so the chimney could be run. Looks like a box of spare parts (?) on the front running board.
The Wikipedia listing for Baldwin shows American Steel and Wire receiving a DS-4-4-750, but lists the road number as 20. It would have been built between 1949 and 1951. I can't make out the builder's number on the running board.
ASW redirects to Birmingham Steel, suggesting that the locomotive was headed for Alabama?
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
I can make purchases using my smart watch (although I haven't set that up yet).
An app for fares can't be far behind.
NDGEnd of Tokens on TTC.
Now watch the explosion of 'collector' tokens for sale on eBay at inflated prices! (Perhaps TTC should get in early...?)
BaltACDWas EHH leading CN in 1986? I don't think so.
OvermodDidn't think much of that 'railroader culture', did he? Is he on record anywhere commenting on EHH?
Is he on record anywhere commenting on EHH?
Was EHH leading CN in 1986? I don't think so.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Didn't think much of that 'railroader culture', did he?
FYI.
Many thanks for solving the mystery. We could not come up with any location in Canada, on any railroad, that came even close to matching that postcard claiming to be "along the CPR line".
John
NDG Image on ebay. Where is this, Please? https://www.ebay.com/itm/155318964458?hash=item2429bb50ea:g:qz4AAOSwObZjoT6c&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4DeQUIo3ygva1BVGpoEtLDNHDqzfVxOgRN%2FJAb91FrcxAQYgjA1oGFcvKmdb9ST5YPhZUIR93IxZ74j88RMoDKW1I8rcMDmfr9MOOyzY6bb1RZr6DgGaaYbTgfQY8Bolj%2Bz3QcgYZGI%2BOCDVW7XA1%2FwUTrhetgObT%2FqGLGiC6IjdgJnY2saVqZgzOm61kqLFPrp8xOr%2FWAF9863%2B0pYc1%2FvzUJkn6tQgKXV8xVgxjS5YuZiyLwwM0Sby1cq3QQx66zsnjWaYH4j02yhxz6c82a9bmm%2BCxoXeJK3595Zc2o4L%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR7q0zP2lYQ https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/qz4AAOSwObZjoT6c/s-l1600.jpg Thank You.
This appears to be the Northern Pacific yard at Rice's Point, Duluth MN, looking south-southeast, probably in the 1940-1960 time period. Not a CPR location.
Adding documentation:
https://www.perfectduluthday.com/2012/05/22/view-of-rices-point-1962/
https://collection.mndigital.org/catalog/p16022coll69:112#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&xywh=3951%2C1059%2C1486%2C926
Look at 1953 1:24,000 scale map:
https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#15/46.7637/-92.1179
Toddavia
CPR Calls this location Crowsnest.
As usual with Shorpy, the image contains some fascinating details. Note the information on the builder's plate.
Looks to me like the unit might have been in a flood of considerable depth. How it came to be out in what appear to be mud flats, with those solid rubber tires, might have been an interesting consideration for the underwriters. I doubt this reflects where the 'cremains' were placed by the insurer after the settlement...
NDGCPR Pile Up, Fire. Sask. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/train-derailment-saskatchewan-macoun-rcmp-1.6670857 https://www.google.com/maps/@49.3155188,-103.2643618,3492m/data=!3m1!1e3 Thank You.
Evident that Pivot style irrigation isn't used in the area.
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I found 5300's in Google Bing images. Looks like a CPR class P2(e?) 2-8-2 and would most likely be on that road. Was the class operated system wide or in specific territories?
Rick
rixflix aka Captain Video. Blessed be Jean Shepherd and all His works!!! Hooray for 1939, the all time movie year!!! I took that ride on the Reading but my Baby caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride.
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