Negative No. 16434 - Where?

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I would ASSUME he is suggesting its an R1 tender?

Bob Welsh

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> OK.  Now tell me about the tender trucks.

>

> Ed King

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> The data on the envelope was not too detailed on Negative 16434. It was 

> made on March 22, 1932 at Roanoke, no specific location given, but based 

> on my observations, what you wrote about Shaffers Crossing is correct.

>

> The electric lantern may well have been provided for the photo, I know 

> that there were at least a few on the railroad in the 1930s, certainly not 

> common, but to get the photo, this was probably what was used, for this 

> specific situation

>

> This photo was used on the May 1932 Magazine cover.

>

> Ken Miller

>

> and yes, that does seem to be a derby!

>

> On Oct 22, 2006, at 9:49 PM, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:

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>> I haven't received anything from the N&W List for ten days, so either His 

>> Excellency, the Editor, is on strike or the Telegraph wire fell off the 

>> fence post. Or... maybe I have been flagged at the bar.

>>

>> Attached is a scan of a not-too-often published photo which N&W 

>> identifies as Negative No. 16434.

>>

>> The question is... where and when was this photo taken?

>>

>> If I had to take a guess, judging from the curve in the telegraph poles 

>> I'd guess it's atop the 24th Street Tunnel at Shaffers Crossing, looking 

>> east. The track on the left would be the Westbound Main Line, and the 

>> track occupied by the engine would be the Running Track. The two dirt 

>> crossings would be for accessing the Water Softener Plant, and the white 

>> building (gone by the time I came around) would appear to be a section 

>> gang motor car house.

>>

>> Now, what gives me pause is that the "operator" has an electric lantern. 

>> That says "1940s."

>>

>> So, Mr. Ken Miller, what's the story on this photograph? You are probably 

>> the only man in the world who knows !

>>

>> And, Ken... is that a derby on the brakeman's head?

>>

>> -- abram burnett

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