My Newest Toy

[Madman]

 

[Paradise]

He can close the heavy steel boxcar door with one foot. Some of these railroad guys have amazing skills like one engineer on the West Side Lumber Co. who would hang upside down by his legs out the cab side window when going over the trestles.

 

[JimmyB]

Does the lantern he is carrying go out when the door shuts

 

[lgbmad]

How cool is that.

 

[Paul M]

Does the lantern he is carrying go out when the door shuts

No, it's inside then

 

[Madman]

Does the lantern he is carrying go out when the door shuts

Yes

 

[Madman]

No, it's inside then

Everyone likes alittle a**, but no one likes a wise a**.........

.Meant in fun

 

[Paul M]

Everyone likes alittle a**, but no one likes a wise a**.........

.Meant in fun

 

[Eaglecliff]

Going back a while, I put this timber wagon together from a pic somewhere on the Internet, but can no longer find it. I need to do some repairs and upgrading, anyone know where it might be lurking?
P.S. There's only water in the glass, honest!

 

[Eaglecliff]

Going back a while, I put this timber wagon together from a pic somewhere on the Internet, but can no longer find it. I need to do some repairs and upgrading, anyone know where it might be lurking?
P.S. There's only water in the glass, honest!
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Otherwise, can anyone tell me what the wagon was called?

 

[dunnyrail]

Otherwise, can anyone tell me what the wagon was called?

Hm had a look at some of my USA NG books but cannot find it, any idea which railway it was from?

 

[Eaglecliff]

Sorry, not a clue. It's obviously a carrier for smaller bits of lumber rather than huge trunks; possibly time-expired and acquired by a local operator for conversion to a more backwoods role?

 

[dunnyrail]

Sorry, not a clue. It's obviously a carrier for smaller bits of lumber rather than huge trunks; possibly time-expired and acquired by a local operator for conversion to a more backwoods role?

Bit of a long shot but the GHE in what was East Germany prior to the wall coming down had similar wagons used to carry barrels. There was a factory that made them at Lindenburg so I wonder if yours was for a similar purpose?

 

[PhilP]

Obviously it would need gates or ramps, but I wondered if it may have been for livestock?

PhilP

 

[DafyddElvy]

If it was a Scottish vehicle I would be thinking of a cask wagon for whisky barrels.

So it could be for carrying barrels or similar, that's my best guess.

 

[Technocrat]

Everyone likes alittle a**, but no one likes a wise a**.........

.Meant in fun

OK, a little late still in the spirit of fun...

A wise a** is better than a dumb a**, and any a** is better than no a** at all...


Just remember, he who laughs last thinks, er, slowest.???

 

[Eaglecliff]

Bit of a long shot but the GHE in what was East Germany prior to the wall coming down had similar wagons used to carry barrels. There was a factory that made them at Lindenburg so I wonder if yours was for a similar purpose?

I've always assumed it was US (United States, not u/s = unserviceable, ho, ho... perhaps not...) Must look further afield.

 

[dunnyrail]

I've always assumed it was US (United States, not u/s = unserviceable, ho, ho... perhaps not...) Must look further afield.

I am happy to think it could well be a US prototype just suggesting what it may have been used for.

 

[Chris Vernell]

A wise a** is better than a dumb a**, and any a** is better than no a** at all...

 

[Paul M]

And if any sort of rear end looks like that, I fear you need the doctors