Whatzit?

[webenda]

Really big hint: The largest Whatzit of Wed May 13, 2020 12:48 am is 49 feet tall.

Here is a photo of the whole plant used for this whatzitl. This one is about 18 feet tall.

[chuck]

Desert Ironwood.





BTW, great site for assist is searching for flora in the west/southwest.

https://www.americansouthwest.net/cgi-bin/w.pl?method=all&field3=az&field6=fabaceae&field14=&field4=white&search=

[HONDO74]

Here is a little bit different what is it. Actually train related. I don't have the answer.

At the beginning of the movie ( Wells Fargo Western 1937 ) the engine that is pulling the train into the station at 1:48 ? The time frame of the movie is supposed to be 1840. Maybe someone can take a screen shot and post it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LEKriSnxVs

[chuck]

What is the actual question?



A) That is not Batavia NY. The film was shot in California, mostly in Encino. The locomotive is a Hollywood "recreation". The real loco whould have looked something like this:

[HONDO74]

I forgot to ask what is the engine is in the movie. I had not seen one like it before in any western movie.

Thanks for the pictures...... Interesting.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Ok, so what and where is it?

[Roy]

The screen grab loco looks period correct for 1840, to me. Chuck's "real" loco looks to date from no earlier than about 1870.

[webenda]

Desert Ironwood.

Correcto hombre (Southwestern for Right man! )

Thank you for the southwestern search site.

[webenda]

Is it Alpinia purpurata in Hawaii?

[Roy]

...what is the engine is in the movie[?]

It looks a little like Norris's George Washington:

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Is it Alpinia purpurata in Hawaii?

No & no..........red ginger? Interesting.....but no....

[webenda]

[chuck]

Wayne, thanks for posting the picture. The locomotive is the William Galloway/Lafayette or a replica. Originally used on the B&O. It went into service in 1837 and was replaced in 1839.

http://www.borail.org/Lafayette.aspx

I had not seen one like it before in any western movie.

The opening scenes are in "Western New York", allegedly. They are actually shooting in Encino, CA. Most of the movie is set much further west but the opening is allegedly upstate NY. BTW, the line was chartered in 1836. It wasn't "opened" until 1843. It was originally a "horse" powered rail line.

The second photo is from the Tonawanda Valley and Cuba railroad which started operations later and used more advanced locomotives and has no direct ties to the line in question.

The motion picture appears to have used the oldest locomotive design they could get their hands on. The few woodcuts I could find of early New York loco's are of a different design, albeit just as primitive.

[chuck]

Orange Cattleya Orchid?

[webenda]

Ok, so what and where is it?

Is it at or near your house like all my flower pictures?
Is it Family Fabaceae like so many of my pictures?

Guess #2.