Re: (erielack) Fwd: DL&W Excursion train in Owego, NY

["Jon Scaptura" <jscaptura_@_stny.rr.com>]

I'm not sure about the white poles.  The third pole in the rear appears to
be thicker and knotty, like an untreated telephone pole.  Looking closely at
the picture, it appears that there are 4 crossarms at the top with wires.
The two that come together at the top in the foreground appear to not go
into the ground, but rather are mounted to another smaller pole that enters
the ground.  Also - the top of one appears to be angled where it  meets the
other pole.  Maybe these were set up to hold a temporary sign or banner
across the road to the right of the poles?  All the ground shots I have of
this area don't show the station very well.  I'd love to see a ground level
shot of the station or even the interior.  This shot was taken from the
Court Street bridge that was torn down last year. (new bridge 6 months
behind schedule and will be done this summer).

Jon

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Thurner" <crthurner_@_yahoo.com>
To: "Mailgroup" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2003 11:47 PM
Subject: (erielack) Fwd: DL&W Excursion train in Owego, NY



| Bob may be right here.  Notice no platforms or people getting on or off of
the passenger cars and all the activity around the loco cab.  Also, there
are people mulling around the cars at mid-train and some on the right of
train appear to walking to the rear. Aside from the question asked and the
topic at hand, what an interesting picture.  Notice the variety both in the
consist and to the rear of the subject train.  In the center of the rear
portion of the picture it looks like there is a few milk tank cars (possibly
Borden type) and I can't make out the 3 or so cars in the extreme left rear
of the photo, although, it almost looks like the rearmost car has a stack of
some sort on top of it. Also, any speculation as to the type of car that is
one or two behind the third passenger?  It almost looks like a MOW car or
other special purpose car possibly.   The dark colored car behind it, looks
like it has a cab or a cupola of some sort on it.   Lastly, can anyone tell
me what the!
|  three white poles are by the street / parking area, and what were they
used for (the leftmost one appears to be approximately the same height as
the telegraph pole behind it)? Great picture!  Lots of feel and character
and come to think of it, this would make / inspire a great model scene /
diaroma (sp)! Regards, Chris ThurnerFrom Archives_@_Railfan.net

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