My Newest Toy

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. :eek:
 
Does the lantern he is carrying go out when the door shuts ;)
 
How cool is that.
 
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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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?
 
Eaglecliff said:
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?
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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?
 
Obviously it would need gates or ramps, but I wondered if it may have been for livestock?

PhilP
 
Madman said:
Everyone likes alittle a**, but no one likes a wise a**.....:rofl:....

.Meant in fun
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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...
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Just remember, he who laughs last thinks, er, slowest.???
:relaxed:
 
dunnyrail said:
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?
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I've always assumed it was US (United States, not u/s = unserviceable, ho, ho... perhaps not...) Must look further afield.
 
Eaglecliff said:
I've always assumed it was US (United States, not u/s = unserviceable, ho, ho... perhaps not...) Must look further afield.
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I am happy to think it could well be a US prototype just suggesting what it may have been used for.
 
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