Photo of The Day

[RoughboyModelworks]

Here's the latest from Shorpy. Certainly an ugly-duckling version of a shay heading up a short excursion train... perhaps a shop-built conversion. Tag line on photo says 1906, Harbor Springs, MI. There is a wonderful hi-res version of this shot available for download from Shorpy.



Paul

[Ray Dunakin]

If I remember correctly, the Harbor Springs line was originally Ephraim Shay's personal RR, and he built the locos himself in his home shop.

[Chuck Doan]

That is one of, if not the first Shay built. His first one's were quite ungainly. The high-res shot is amazing.

[marc_reusser]

This thing is a cndidate for a model by Gordon Birrell.


Marc

[shropshire lad]

What the hell is this ? A lumber carrier perhaps ?

This came from the abandoned vehicle gallery of Earl Misanchuk at pbase.com


  Nick

[Gordon Ferguson]

Nick, with that chain its got to be one of Ken's

[scrappy1]

here's one for ya i spent the first part of my life living on a tabaco farm and spent many hours on a priming machine just like this

[RoughboyModelworks]

Here's one for Chuck... another classic from Shorpy. Photo was taken for the Farm Security Administration by Russell Lee in October 1937 - Highway 2, Western North Dakota. There is a hi-res version available for download from Shorpy.



Paul

[Ray Dunakin]

What a great little gas station! But no wonder it went out of business -- sure doesn't look like a "high traffic" location.

[finescalerr]

Notice the builder didn't use Chuck's cool little offset to make his gas station look better. Not surprising considering lack of sophistication in the location he chose .... -- Russ

[Chuck Doan]

Thanks Paul! I snagged the big copy. Shorpy rules!

[DaKra]

http://englishrussia.com/?p=1788

[Fred H.]

Marc, that's a lot of tender for little loco in the first photo. The second loco is nicely balanced and looks complete on a smaller scale. It would make a nice project in a large scale, a handy size but full of details. How would one make that stack with hand tools?

Thomas Yorke sells that stack in 1:20.3 -- It's called a Rushton I believe. http://www.thomasayorke.com/LS_Details.html

[RoughboyModelworks]

Classic shot of roadside vernacular... "Eat and Sleep in a Wigwam" - Wigwam Village photographed by Marion Post Wolcott in 1940, on highway just south of Bardstown, Kentucky. Another classic shot from Shorpy.



Paul

[marc_reusser]

Dude, I stayed in some exactly like those in Tempe, AZ........

Cool pic. Thanks.


MR