PROTOTYPE Railfan Photos of the Week 09/24/2023

BNSF FAN Sep 24, 2023

  1. BNSF FAN

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    r_i_straw visiting the Temple
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    LegomanBill sending up smoke signals
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    BuddyBurton is going to be the star of the picnic
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    Hardcoaler is #1
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    MetraMan01 negotiating a maze
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    HemiAdda2d leaving the red signals behind
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    badlandnp has taken up lifting
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    Sepp K took got shined up and moved inside
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  2. BuddyBurton

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  3. Hardcoaler

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    Reminds me of the Almond Brothers Eat A Peach album cover of 1972. :)

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  4. r_i_straw

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    Almond Brothers? It says Allman Brothers on the album cover.:D:p:)
     
  5. Hardcoaler

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    You are so right! And the [Edit] selection is now gone. :unsure: A friend had this LP and I thought it had the coolest illustration.
     
  6. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Another star-studded set of captions! Thanks for sharing!
     
  7. BoxcabE50

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    What is the bar on the side of that P&LE caboose, below the "P"?
     
  8. fitz

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    I seem to want to say the same thing every week about the great photos and the witty comments. Hmm, maybe it's because every week there are great photos and witty comments?
     
  9. Mike VE2TRV

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    Ah, yup!:)

    The Allman Brothers replaced them after they went nuts.

    They found that peachy.:whistle:

    As the article states, it was a one-in-a-melon moment.:D
     
  10. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Gallagher would appreciate this! :)
     
  11. Sepp K

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    Y'know, I hadn't noticed that before. I'll find out in a couple of days.
     
  12. gmorider

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    So much humor!
     
  13. Kurt Moose

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    Looks like the word "Vent" under it, from your other picture.

    Bathroom, maybe....? :oops:
     
  14. Sepp K

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    Good spot, Kurt, I went back to my original image and it definitely is labeled as a vent.
     
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  15. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    The other end on the platform says "OIL". Maybe it has something to do with an oil burning stove inside. The stove pipe on the roof is not far away.
     
  16. BoxcabE50

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    Hmmmm. This might be it. Doesn't a toilet usually have a small vent stack through the roof? Or was this built back in the straight through to tracks dump days?
     
  17. Hardcoaler

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    That's my guess too Russell. From what I read, these were well-equipped cabooses.
     
  18. Pastor John

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    If I had a dash camera, I would have a great picture to share today. Yesterday morning, I was driving westbound into Akron, Ohio to sit with one of our church folk, having open-heart surgery (it went well so far) and in the eastbound lane was a tractor trailer hauling what looked like a shiny new passenger railroad, light rail, or subway car.

    There was too much traffic to get any details or even be sure about colors, but that's definitely not something I see every day.

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  19. Sepp K

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    Russ for the win! I confirmed with the restoration curator and the tech that it is the fuel line for a kerosene stove.
     

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