Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

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Re: Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sun Jan 29, 2023 3:20 pm

J. S. Bach wrote:A very substantial bridge for an interurban. I wonder if the PH&B hauled steam-road freight cars.


It is substantial. Maybe it was steam prior to interurban as I doubt you'd want steam and exhaust hitting that overhead work directly. Then again, much of PA trolley track was not in standard gauge either.
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:08 am

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Re: Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

Postby J. S. Bach » Sun Feb 05, 2023 5:25 pm

Ah, a properly painted Pittman freight motor! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :lol: :mrgreen:

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Re: Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Feb 06, 2023 12:12 pm

J. S. Bach wrote:Ah, a properly painted Pittman freight motor!


Indeed. The prototype for the ubiquitous Pittman freight motor in all it's glory.
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Re: Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

Postby J. S. Bach » Mon Feb 06, 2023 7:35 pm

A box motor built by Bill Robbins to demonstrate his construction methods of using one-quart oil cans; the other side and end is not painted; the ESSO branding is visible. I was glad to get this car as it is typical of his Nevada Short Line equipment:

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Re: Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Tue Feb 07, 2023 2:53 pm

Lot of rivet to punch out there, :wink: :wink:

What kind of drive is under that motor?
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Re: Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

Postby J. S. Bach » Tue Feb 07, 2023 10:20 pm

Robbie had some kind of jig that made the rivets and sides easy. He had one just for two-bay hoppers and used it to punch out around a hundred sets over a short period of time.

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Re: Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:58 am

Thanks! Wish I could be making rivets that neatly....
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Re: Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

Postby Nortonville Phil » Wed Feb 08, 2023 11:26 pm

J. S. Bach wrote:A box motor built by Bill Robbins to demonstrate his construction methods of using one-quart oil cans; the other side and end is not painted; the ESSO branding is visible. I was glad to get this car as it is typical of his Nevada Short Line equipment:

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Dave (J.S.Bach),

Can you tell us about the layout that the good looking box motor is sitting on? Whose is/was it? How large was it etc…

Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

Postby J. S. Bach » Thu Feb 09, 2023 7:57 pm

Nortonville Phil wrote:Dave (J.S.Bach),
Can you tell us about the layout that the good looking box motor is sitting on? Whose is/was it? How large was it etc…Thanks for sharing.

It is about 4'x8'. It belongs to friend and has been in place for 43 years. He laid the track and I put up most (maybe all?) of the overhead. Here are a couple of photos of the layout:
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That green interlocker in the above photo was on the WB&A Tractioneers layout, was "stored" on my friend's layout, and finally came "home" to me forty years later!

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Re: Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

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Re: Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

Postby Jim K » Tue Feb 14, 2023 4:40 pm

J. S. Bach wrote:
Nortonville Phil wrote:Dave (J.S.Bach),
Can you tell us about the layout that the good looking box motor is sitting on? Whose is/was it? How large was it etc…Thanks for sharing.

It is about 4'x8'. It belongs to friend and has been in place for 43 years. He laid the track and I put up most (maybe all?) of the overhead. Here are a couple of photos of the layout:


Whose track is used on this layout? Everything looks nice. Thanks for posting this.

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Re: Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

Postby J. S. Bach » Tue Feb 14, 2023 4:53 pm

Jim K wrote:Whose track is used on this layout? Everything looks nice. Thanks for posting this.
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Unknown for sure now but I think that most of it is the Atlas/Roco track from the 1970s.Here is a poor close-up:
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To create street trackage, rail (maybe pulled from said Atlas/Roco track) was placed with the head inserted in the web of the running rail:
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It was actually built as a temporary test track for his trolleys. The outer loop has two-rail capability and some odd stuff has attempted to run, the largest may have been an SP cab-forward; it made it to the first turn! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :lol: :mrgreen:

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Re: Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

Postby Jim K » Tue Feb 14, 2023 5:06 pm

Thanks!

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Re: Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

Postby healey36 » Wed Feb 15, 2023 5:21 pm

Trolley of the Newport News & Old Point Railway & Electric Company, c. 1921:

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