Welcome, follow along with George Dutka in his journal which documents the additions and future thoughts for the HO scale White River Division model railroad and to his continuing historical New England railroad research. The White River Division is now in its 17th modeler's season. The "modeler's season" runs from November to April each year. Inspiration comes from the Boston and Maine, Rutland and Central Vermont Railway during the 1950's with additional posts by Don Janes and Peter Mumby.
Saturday 8 May 2021
Loading Autos 1949 Style
Here we have a group of photos from Detroit area 1949 showing new autos being loaded into rail cars, enjoy...George Dutka
Interesting to see the little dollies under the front wheels.
Fascinating series of pictures, thanks for sharing them. That last shot shows how labour intensive loading autos into boxcars must have been compared to autoracks.
Hi Nick Yes it was. I thought they were interesting also. When I was working on the railroad I remember watching autos being loaded at Ford Talbotville into multi levels. The process was quick and efficient, although it took a lot of bodies moving cars and tying them down...George
Fascinating series of pictures, thanks for sharing them. That last shot shows how labour intensive loading autos into boxcars must have been compared to autoracks.
ReplyDeleteHi Nick
ReplyDeleteYes it was. I thought they were interesting also. When I was working on the railroad I remember watching autos being loaded at Ford Talbotville into multi levels. The process was quick and efficient, although it took a lot of bodies moving cars and tying them down...George