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...or anyone else that likes to build steam-era freight car models.
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Look at the variety here!
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There's lots of modeling information in that photo-including 2 laborers unloading a car.
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Yeah, this exact photo was posted in my Potomac Line thread, I was talking about manually assisting the loads out of open hoppers. Shorpy has such a wonderful selection of super high resolution images, they are great for 1950's rolling stock. Several nice shots of C&NW yards. In some images you can see guys riding the roofs and such.
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Great example of car loads too!
Thanks!
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I see a huge variety of tank cars, a couple of flat cars with pipes, and some gons with some interesting panel-looking things.
I suspect the workers are unloading sand. They appear to be drop-bottom gons, and it looks like they are simply shoveling the sand that remained after the doors were opened. I am assuming this is sand for locomotive traction.
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sailormatlac Wrote:Great example of car loads too!
Thanks!
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Yeah! How about that excavator!
If it ok, here are some more Shorpy links that may be useful. Proviso, Washington D.C., Chicago, and others.
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Gorgeous photo!
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No more excuse to botch steam era freight car weathering!
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Those photos are a great resource for modellers and an indication of what might have been seen in a passing train at one time. I remember how interesting it was to be stuck at a crossing while a train passed.
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