Re: [CBQ] Q ditcher

["John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>]

Rupert
I don't believe the photo is a delivery photo. This is for three reasons. First 
the picture is a WPA photograph, made during the Depression years in the 30's 
many years after they were delivered. Second, as delivered, they were painted 
white and in the picture they are black and lastly, they are on flat cars in 
the company service number series.



On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 9:08 PM, Rupert & Maureen <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
  
  
Going back through my e-mails, I see that Ken Martin should be credited with
finding one of the adverts I referred to. 

There is a similar photo to the second advert showing the dump car in the
April 2011 calendar from Mile Post 206 Publishing except that, once again,
it is a much better picture than the magazine one. And the way car in the
photo is apparently 14252.

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

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Ken

Thanks for this link. This photo was used by Erie Steam Shovel Co. to
advertise their ditchers in Railway Maintenance Engineer magazines at least
between 1919 and 1922. This one was used in 1920 (volume 16, April advert
Page 43) but your photo is very, very much better. 

Another photo showing 260 loading MWD-4 dump car 202660 is in the December
1922 volume 18 advert section page 25. This notes that the Burlington had
six of these Erie ditchers, and a photo of at least four of them
(presumably) being delivered on CB&Q flat cars is on the Library of Congress
site.

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Kenneth
Martin
Sent: Wednesday, 12 March 2014 5:00 a.m.
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Subject: [CBQ] Q ditcher

For those interested in M/W I just found a nice picture of a Q ditcher at
work

http://www.earthmoversmagazine.co.uk/?p=5008

Ken Martin

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