Nostalgia & History > Would you sit on the 'veranda' on this trip?

UP 'veranda' turbine #63 with some interesting cars, both of and on the tracks .... location, photographer and date unknown.

Correction from Miller: Likely zoom was correct and it is Grand Island  Dick Rumbolz photo  3/57
 



Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 02/15/17 14:09 by valmont.

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The olfactory potpourri from turbine exhaust and stock cars would be unforgettable!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/15/17 06:51 by mwarfel.

I'll bet the cattle handled that well.  

valmont Wrote:
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> UP 'veranda' turbine #63 with some interesting
> cars, both of and on the tracks .... location,
> photographer and date unknown.

I'll say that's around 1956-57ish, at Grand Island.  If you have a higher-resolution version of the photo, you should be able to zoom in on the signal and read the number to give us a definite location.

Take care,

Mark

mamfahr Wrote:
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> valmont Wrote:
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> > UP 'veranda' turbine #63 with some interesting
> > cars, both of and on the tracks .... location,
> > photographer and date unknown.
>
> I'll say that's around 1956-57ish, at Grand
> Island.  If you have a higher-resolution version
> of the photo, you should be able to zoom in on
> the signal and read the number to give us a
> definite location.
>
> Take care,
>
> Mark

Mark:
re-scanned at about 3300, still not that good ... but looks like 1462 which should be Grand Island 146.2
 

That veranda vantage point would not be my choice for a cruise to Alaska, but with a good set of noise cancelling headphones, it wouldn't be bad for a stint out on the mainline.

KC

Long answer . . .  No!

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

I suppose it's good....sort of.....for the cattle that this is their last trip, because they'll surely arrive at the destination totally deaf.  Same for anybody foolish enough to sit on the veranda for a trip.  Those turbines were unbearably loud....I wonder how the operating crews dealt with the incredible noise.   AA

Stanford White
Carmel Valley, CA