Photo of The Day

[TRAINS1941]

Unc's new go stand in the corner has been upgraded!!!!!

Jerry

[lab-dad]

Well that's my next scratch build!!!!!!!!
mj

[finescalerr]

Don't forget to model a corpse. -- ssuR

[kneighbarger]

Here is another single stamp crusher, sitting out in Chloride area in the Funeral Mountains.
Ken

Sweetwater mining California. (ghost town)

http://www.ghosttownexplorers.org/california/clydescamp/01.htm

Gordon Birrell

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77318580@N00/

[Ray Dunakin]

This would make a really cool model:



Does anyone have a clue as to the manufacturer?

Edit: Found it myself...it's a 1938 Dodge.

http://libraryhack.anotherbyte.net/pictures/view/108396

[chester]

There's an interesting model, similar in it's styling, from Sylvan Scale in 1/87 but the original manufacturer of the prototype was White.

http://www.sylvanscalemodels.com/kits/Special%20Edition.htm

[Scratchman]

Brickyards, Quarries and Collieries.

http://www.nuneatonhistory.com/brickyards-quarries--collieries-extractive-industries.html

Gordon Birrell

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77318580@N00/

[Peter_T1958]

One more...

I was/am always fascinated by British design and railway (Cheers, Jim!). That fantastic shot by Bill Wright I found on flickr. I fell immediatelly in love with this photo - that would be an interesting but challenging brick structure ... But: So many ideas, so little time

[Ray Dunakin]

That really is a great photo! What a scene -- the grimy engine, the pitted, soot-stained bricks, the scrap iron bins, the cinders!

[NORCALLOGGER]

Gotta love that headlight

[Ray Dunakin]

Gotta love that headlight

Yeah, I was wondering about that. Obviously it's just a lantern that's been temporarily placed there. But why no real headlight?

Also, what are those two pieces of bent iron extending in front of the wheels?

[Hydrostat]

Gotta love that headlight

Yeah, I was wondering about that. Obviously it's just a lantern that's been temporarily placed there. But why no real headlight?

Also, what are those two pieces of bent iron extending in front of the wheels?

I think that's a temporary warning light for the unused loco standing in the shed. One can see the brackets for the three removable paraffin lamps in the middle o the smokebox and on the buffer beam. The two bent iron pieces are cowcatchers. The cows in Britain are smaller than in the States.

You find those pilots or a plow like kind of it at all european locomotives.
Btw - beautiful picture with a lot of ambience.

Volker

[Barney]

Our engine drivers in Britain were "real men" no wimps here ! they eat plenty of carrots which are good for your eye sight so no need for massive head lamps !
Barney

[voyager]

What do you mean "were" real men Train headlights are so people can see you coming, not to see where you are going! The "cow catchers" are lifeguards to move smaller debris to prevent derailments, modern trains have them fitted too. Nice photo!

[Scratchman]

This is a great collection of old photos.

http://www.narrowgaugechaos.com/RPC/RPC.html

Gordon Birrell

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77318580@N00/