Wow, what a bunch of nice, nice shots this week!! And all I got was this set of diesels! Sure wish it had been a Yellowstone....... I got out of the car, crossed the tracks for good lighting, took a couple of shots, got back in the car and then got that video I posted on the Glendive thread. All a part of our fun!!
Here is an oldie for you. Lordsburg, New Mexico sometime in the 1930's looking West to San Francisco on the good ole SP. Picture by Gordon Motts :
There's a place just begging to be modeled... That steam loco seems to be dumping ashes - interesting way to get rid of them!
Judging by the oil bunker on the tender on that locomotive, I would think that there would not be many ashes. The SP did have a number of coal burners in New Mexico used on the old EP&SW line.
A case of the wrong engine at the right place? I see that concrete(?) strip going over to the small structure that just happens to have a hopper obviously being loaded with something that's right next to said small structure. And it happens to be near the roundhouse... I'm going to have a teeny conversation with that engine's crew about parking there...
That's really cool Carl, thanks for posting it. I love looking at pictures from the early era, so much to see. The Next Station Will Be series published by the Railroadians of America are some of my favorite books.
I believe there are only ash dump pits under the two tracks to the right of the engine. The concrete pad over the conveyor seems to end before it gets to the track that the engine is on. If it did extend, a coal burner would have to be spotted farther back so a pit would be under the firebox ash pan. Two pits were probably plenty to service the old El Paso & Southwestern locomotives that were serviced there.
It is a M-O-W assigned car. But what purpose??? With that stack showing, maybe a bunk car? Or perhaps a kitchen car?
What is that old passenger car body? Kinda doubt it is a diner. Being so close to the ice house, some sort of office for yard staff?
As best as I can discern, the number is MW 7031-C. I looked that up in my copy of SPMW cars as of January 31, 1956 and came up with this. Don't know but it is possible. Converted to MOW car in 1932. All numbers ending with a letter were assigned to Relief Crane or Snow plow sets.
Buenos tardes mi amigos ! I had no idea that this old image would be so well liked when I posted it, so here is another but different image of the same yard. Again image from Gordon Motts : Perhaps Russell can hone in on the old passenger car and find what it is used for. As info, I have some images from 1934 of bridge replacement and of a loco passing over Copia Street viaduct in El Paso. If interested, I'll post, maybe a new thread ? ?
Can't tell what it was used for there but it looks kind of like an old 50 foot baggage, two compartment coach built by Barney & Smith for the San Antonio & Aransas Pass in 1886.
I can just barely discern the second word as "TENDER" and maybe the first is "RELIEF". With Russell's list it could be a tender assigned to the crane in the 7031 series.
