Re: 1902 coal car lettering details

Posted by Jim Courtney on
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/1902-coal-car-lettering-details-tp3705p3783.html

Found another one, Jeff.

If you go back through Chris Walkers old threads about the various mills of Idaho Springs, you tend to find things hiding in the corners and back alleys, like long johns on a clothes line:


http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/fullbrowser/collection/p15330coll22/id/67650/rv/singleitem

The side sill lettering looks, to me, like that of the 1902 flat car.  And there seems to be a number under the box herald.

Found 2 more 1902 coal cars at the Newhouse Tunnel ore bins, but also blurry:


<a href="http://">http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/fullbrowser/collection/p15330coll22/id/38898/rv/singleitem

You'd think you could find a clear period photo of the cars, wouldn't you?

And here's one with legible number 4394, at the Newhouse Boiler, but mostly hiding behind a tree:


<a href="http://">http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/fullbrowser/collection/p15330coll22/id/77714/rv/singleitem/rec/6