Nostalgia & History > Switching with a house trailer - observations, anyone?

Observations, anyone?


Hove Tanning Company, Mt. Jewett, PA, 1963

EO

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I want one.

Give the builder an A+ for ingenuity! It looks like it is very sealed against inclement weather. Or maybe it's just sealed against the foul odors of the tannery.

Cool,critter, it even has poling pockets!

Is this a fireless steam locomotive, or is it gas/diesel mechanical?

There is a prototype for everything !!!!! Doug

Looks like someone really raised the dickens with an Airstream trailer.

Is that a fuel filler neck under the end window? Looks dangerous.

Has no light so I guess there were no night operations.

Very unique!

Regards, Jim Evans

41 Wrote:
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> Is that a fuel filler neck under the end window?
> Looks dangerous.


Yeah, and worse, that doesn't look like an FRA-approved filler cap.

EO

Looks like a link and pin coupler on the front end, under the window. The boxcar to the rear looks modern, so perhas there's a different coupler there.

Not to mention the pilot railing made from pipe.

Doug Wetherhold
Macungie, PA

I think everyone has jumped the gun.....Does this thing actually operate? Has anyone actually seen it move?

hoggerdoug Wrote:
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> There is a prototype for everything !!!!! Doug

I wonder if Oscar Meyer uses a Wienermobile as a switcher at its plant.

This critter may top everything I have ever seen on rails. Look at that bell on the roof.
I hope someone can find a color photo of this incredible machine. Thanks for the most interesting post and photo.

Who knew that Airstream made locomotives?

KG

Lackawanna484 Wrote:

> Looks like a link and pin coupler on the front
> end, under the window.

Looks like a knuckle coupler with a notch in the knuckle where a link and pin could be inserted if need be. Wonder if this thing ever made Extra 2200 South's "Old, Rare, and Obscure" section.

Yes VERY obvious that it has a knuckle coupler.

Evan_Werkema Wrote:
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> Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> > Looks like a link and pin coupler on the front
> > end, under the window.
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> Looks like a knuckle coupler with a notch in the
> knuckle where a link and pin could be inserted if
> need be. Wonder if this thing ever made Extra
> 2200 South's "Old, Rare, and Obscure" section.

It looks like an example of what is sometimes called a transition coupler. I posted a photo of a similar device on a Valley and Siletz loco a few days ago.

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,4298293,4299211#msg-4299211

Obiously the original phase.  On the Phase II models they removed the skirting