Nice job - love the way you've captured the "wobbly 3 track" and the lifts and dips of the hoppers.
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This is a type of ghost town, not to be forgotten.
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It's both neat and sad at the same time. It's neat to see how time slowly claims and changes the appearance of a once thriving steam railroad. But, it's sad to see something like this occur. Nicely captured!
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Nicely done.
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Glad to see that this line will see service again!
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| Posted by Kibu on January 3, 2015 | |
I may be wrong here, but I remember reading somewhere that these hopper cars originated in Alaska, and were shipped down to EBT.
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Every photo should tell a story. This one speaks volumes.
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Virtually all EBT hoppers were made in Rockhill at the company shops utilizing Vulcan (Wiles-Barre, PA) trucks. What you would be thinking is the fact that after the EBT shutdown in 1956, some hoppers were sold to other narrow gauge railroads.
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I think some of the hoppers were bought by D&S and maybe C&TS but long after the EBT shut down. D&RGW was about the only thing left in 1956 except brickyards etc. I never heard of anyone else getting those hoppers.
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If a picture does indeed tell a thousand words, this one fits that bill.
Well done.
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