Re: Fun with Hancock

Posted by Mallory Hope Ferrell on May 24, 2015; 7:30pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Fun-with-Hancock-tp1060p2366.html

Ref Hancock scene: I have a print made from the original glass negative of the double headed DSP&P train passing eastbound freight (with Tiffany Reefer 1059 and caboose 64). The lead engine is #36, a Brooks 2-6-0 and she is followed by Baldwin 2-8-0 #50. It is a Joseph Collier photograph and is dated 1884. Both engines still sport Eames Vacuum brakes and Congdon stacks. Within a year the Eames Brakes will be replaced with Westinghouse Air Brakes and air pumps will be added to engineer's side. (a double page spread of this view is on pgs. 88-89 of THE SOUTH PARK LINE book)

The Hancock Depot snow scene with two locos on siding near the depot was made in the winter of 1881-82. It shows a Mason Bogie and a 2-8-0.  Coal cars are being unloaded on the mainline (background) and freight cars and caboose occupy the other siding. A companion photo, taken the same day, shows that the 2-8-0 is #56 and the Bogie is #9. Both locomotives have Nesmith stacks. Both of these pictures also appear in The SPL. (p.84, p.86)