A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....

[FWD 1979]

My dad purchased a farm in Western Oklahoma In the mid 60's that had a farmhouse that he rented to a couple with a child. It did not have running water. Had an outhouse and a well with a hand pump.

RLR

[MurphOnMillerAve]

What ever became of the farmhouse and the farm, RLR ?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[MurphOnMillerAve]

That bridge has the feel of a couple popular pedestrian bridges in Central Park, NYC. Maybe the same designer?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

That bridge has the feel of a couple popular pedestrian bridges in Central Park, NYC. Maybe the same designer?

I'd wager that design is a wee bit older than NY.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Oh.

[FWD 1979]

What ever became of the farmhouse and the farm, RLR ?

Sorry Murph. Just getting on line. Lost Dad 20 years ago. Farm is still in the family. My brother is a retired coach and is farming it for our mother. The old house (and associated outhouse) are long gone. The house finally fell down and Dad burned the remains and filled in the outhouse pit.

RLR

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Friends School, Darby, PA

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[rogruth]

I wonder if this is one that was preserved?
Are those carriages on a flat car behind it?

[Wolf]

Roger---
Judging from the attire of the "suits" (RR officials) and the background landscape,
I would venture that the picture was taken at the B&O's centennial "Fair of the Iron
Horse" at Halethorpe in 1927. That area is now an industrial park with lots of dull,
boring warehouses...

So-- the answer to your first question would be "yes".

The answer to your second question would be "no"--it is an early passenger
coach that was a double-deck stagecoach mounted on wheels using a leather-strap
suspension system...can only imagine the ride on that contraption!
(Where's the nauseaous smilie when you need it??). That coach was a replica of
an Imlay (original 1830's) coach built as part of the B&O exhibit in 1927.

Both are part of the B&O Transportation Museum in the Mt. Clare area of Baltimore,
home of the B&O's first station, and of their railroad shops. The old erecting shop
is now a shopping center, the old passenger coach roundhouse and several ancilliary
buildings are part of the Museum. Worth a visit!

[rogruth]

I used the wrong name for the "coaches". That is what I thought they were.
Probably the same ones I saw at the Chicago Railroad Fair in 1948 and 1949.
I have been to the B&O museum and enjoyed it a lot as I have every museum
I have visited.

[Wolf]

Your memory is very good, Roger, quite a bit of the B&O historical collection was
featured in Chicago, along with quite a bit of additional "supporting cast" from
from some of the other carriers . Seems like Chicago was a really great
show from what I've seen from the filmed excerpts and I'm sorry I missed it.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

In Nanticoke, PA where things are perhaps just slightly odd at times............and the gentleman in the forefront clearly has bodies buried in his basement.