My grandparents met in the 1920s when they were both working for the Loie Fuller dance company which toured all over Europe and North America. This is the only photo I have of them from that time, standing with a group of others on what appears to be the caboose of a train. There is a plaque in the centre of the railings which says "BG", or perhaps "BC" possibly indicating British Columbia, but "BG" seems more likely. If anyone can identify the rail company or is able solve the mystery, I would be very interested to hear, Thank you!
Looks more like the observation platform on an old passenger car. I believe I can just see a Q's tail stacked in there. CB&Q?
I've seen some photos of Swiss cars that have one big buffer instead of two. The thingamabob on the right of it looks like a lantern.
I wonder how popular narrow-gauge railroads really were back in the day, especially the "roaring 20's". My thoughts are that since I don't see a knuckle-coupler (North American style), this may indeed be somewhere in Europe. Just a thought, but maybe CB stands for "Chemins Belgique" or Belgian State Railways (after all, SNCF stands for or stood for "French National Railways" or something similar). Best of success in your search!
Close! Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français, basically French National Railway Company. Belgium has something similar in the SNCB since 1926 (it was the French who copied them 12 years later with SNCF! ). In Belgium, it's also known as the NMBS. But... their rolling stock always seemed to have had the two-buffer system, instead of one as in the photo.
