Bill Caloroso – Cal’s Classics
Talky Tuesday #111
Cylinder cocks open, #116 vents her cylinders while pulling slowly away from the Towanda turntable in last week’s “WW #153”. Must be a little dry up in the woods, as the #116 has a spark arrestor placed over the stack.
Wordless Wednesday #153
Bill Caloroso – Cal’s Classics
Talky Tuesday #110
Last week’s “WW #152” shows what may possibly be one of the last trains over the S&NY. Not sure of the locomotive, but in the train we can see one of the S&NY’s 4-wheel cabooses, ancient bunk car #210, a side-dump work gondola, a mixed bag of freight cars, and ditcher #6 bringing up the rear. Perhaps this train was gathering up the last of the revenue freight cars along the line preparatory to abandonment? In any event, the rural nature of the territory served by the S&NY is quite evident. Modelers of the era, myself included, would do well to remember that agriculture was much more widespread (labor being less expensive, for one) and there were consequently many fewer trees along the ROW in the 1920’s and 30’s than today.
Wordless Wednesday #152
Bill Caloroso – Cal’s Classics
Talky Tuesday #109
S&NY 2-8-0 #115 rests at the Towanda turntable in last week’s “WW #151”. Several of the S&NY’s engines sport small tanks in various locations on or near the smokebox. After studying this photo, my best guess is they are likely reservoirs for mechanical lubricators for the valve gear.
Wordless Wednesday #151
Bill Caloroso – Cal’s Classics
Talky Tuesday #108
To my mind, nothing quite epitomizes the romance of old-time shortline railroading like an ancient wooden combine at the end of a mixed train. The S&NY had it’s example, embodied in combination car #204, seen in “WW #150” of 2 weeks ago. The car was on the roster as early as 1905. I am not sure if the car was acquired new, or was bought used from a different railroad. For another view of #204 bringing up the markers, see here.
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