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This would be a great model - teejay - 03-22-2016
I got this pic from another Forum . I thought what a great addition to a layout , or maybe even a stand alone diorama or mini layout !
I learned that what I thought was a box cab in the foreground , is a covered " steam dummy " , used in the 1800's so as not to scare the horses
Raymond Storey's photo.
Re: This would be a great model - Steamtrains - 03-22-2016
There is a building in my original hometown in Mexico that is just like this one. I don't know if it served the same purpose, although I suspect it did as my relatives talked of street cars back in the days. It's a massive building made of granite and sits just a block away from the main square.
I hope to be able to go there this summer to visit relatives and will try to gather more info.
Gus
Re: This would be a great model - teejay - 03-22-2016
This picture happens to be an area of New York city ....possible near the docks .
Re: This would be a great model - BR60103 - 03-22-2016
Steam dummies ran into the 20th century -- my father remembered one crossing the Niagara River at Fort Erie.
The closest thing I know in models is Toby the Tram Engine; used for much the same purpose.
Re: This would be a great model - JaBear - 03-23-2016
BR60103 Wrote:Steam dummies ran into the 20th century -
I didn't realise until very recently that the NYC had Shays, let alone as Steam Dummies.
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Cheers, the Bear.
Re: This would be a great model - Brakie - 03-23-2016
There's far more modeling information in the picture then first meets the eye.
Re: This would be a great model - Tyson Rayles - 03-23-2016
What a depressing scene.
Makes me glad I moved from places like that to out in the middle of nowhere. 
Re: This would be a great model - MountainMan - 03-23-2016
Tyson Rayles Wrote:What a depressing scene.
Depressing, but vital to the American economy. America is full of sites like this one, only now the sites are filled with thousands of tractor-trailer rigs serving the same function as those boxcars.
From a modeling standpoint, that is a terrific photo!
Re: This would be a great model - Brakie - 03-23-2016
MountainMan Wrote:Tyson Rayles Wrote:What a depressing scene.
Depressing, but vital to the American economy. America is full of sites like this one, only now the sites are filled with thousands of tractor-trailer rigs serving the same function as those boxcars.
From a modeling standpoint, that is a terrific photo!
Yet,NS and CSX handles over 16,000 boxcars a week.. I also notice several Intermodals that's around 12,000'-just over 2 miles long..
Re: This would be a great model - nachoman - 03-24-2016
I'm with Tyson - awesome photo, but I am sure glad I was born when and where I was
I'd model this in a second, but want to live like this??...
Re: This would be a great model - MountainMan - 03-25-2016
nachoman Wrote:I'm with Tyson - awesome photo, but I am sure glad I was born when and where I was
It was considered quite modern and a good place to find work back then.
Re: This would be a great model - teejay - 03-25-2016
Mike , you could make it a scene from the Great Depression ....so it would be OK to be depressing !
Re: This would be a great model - nachoman - 03-25-2016
MountainMan Wrote:nachoman Wrote:I'm with Tyson - awesome photo, but I am sure glad I was born when and where I was
It was considered quite modern and a good place to find work back then.
HA! Great comment. How will people 100 years from now look upon a photo of today?
Re: This would be a great model - shortliner - 03-26-2016
Probably as a paradise - since the world seems to be going to Hell in a hand-basket!
Re: This would be a great model - Tyson Rayles - 03-26-2016
"HA! Great comment. How will people 100 years from now look upon a photo of today?"
Won't be anybody left by then to look back.
On the good news side the world will be once again at peace.
