Old Photo - 1915/16 Rail Car And Caboose

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jay - In Northern California on Monday, August 17, 2015 - 11:06 am:


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Henry Petrino in Modesto, CA on Monday, August 17, 2015 - 11:13 am:

I wonder if the tank on the cowl is a fuel tank and, if it is, why was it necessary to put it there?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Erik Johnson on Monday, August 17, 2015 - 11:17 am:

I believe that photo originally appeared in Ford Times with a corresponding article or at least a caption.

The original negative is probably in the Benson Center in Dearborn.

Looks like the tank is for topping off the radiator when needed. A good idea to carry extra water when you are in the desert.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Brian Beatty _Kansas City on Monday, August 17, 2015 - 11:18 am:

It looks like that might be a water tank.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Henry Petrino in Modesto, CA on Monday, August 17, 2015 - 11:24 am:

Ah ha! Water tank. Maybe I need a little more coffee. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By G.R.Cheshire on Monday, August 17, 2015 - 11:28 am:

Right hand and pushing down on the crank handle? That seems like a disaster waiting for the guy in front to get his chin juust a lllittle closer...


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob Solak, Chicago, IL area on Monday, August 17, 2015 - 11:33 am:

What is with the garden gnome on the roof?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kenneth W DeLong on Monday, August 17, 2015 - 11:34 am:

The same photo is in Tin Lizzie by Stern and they also the use of the crank.Bud.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Charlie B actually in Toms River N.J. on Monday, August 17, 2015 - 11:34 am:

By the look on his face I think that's what the guy behind the wheel is waiting for!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Dewey, N. California on Monday, August 17, 2015 - 12:24 pm:

Looks like a Kalamazoo trailer, and I think the T wheels are also Kalamazoo.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mark Gregush Portland Oregon on Wednesday, August 19, 2015 - 09:52 pm:

I think this photo was taken in Florida back in the first(?) land boom. The thing on the roof is one of those cops with the spinning arms. Barrowed from ebay for illustrations only.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mark Gregush Portland Oregon on Wednesday, August 19, 2015 - 10:00 pm:

If he is spinning the motor on magneto would not be the same as starting on battery so kick back not the same issue.


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