Model Railroading > Boeing fuselage shipments, before shrink wrap

Somebody was looking for Boeing shipment photos a couple weeks ago. Just found this one in the trade box. No date or location given, but it appears to be around Hauser ID on a summer trip to the NMRA convention in Seattle, which would make it July 2004. 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/11/16 08:45 by march_hare.

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You might be thinking of the photo request I put on the nostalgia board a couple weeks ago. I was looking for the pre-2000 shipments where the nose and tail sections were shipped in wraps on 60' flatcars with dual brush guards. Like this photo below.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

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Thank you.  That will help with making the model decals.

Jeff Barker
Atlantic Beach

Hi Ted,

I missed your prior request.  Here's a nose section at Laurel Montana on 8-21-1991.
Hope this helps.

Don



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/11/16 13:35 by west.

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The image shown is the 41 section for either a Boeing 757-200 or -300, not a Boeing 737.  These were a little more rare as tthere are a total of 1050 757's built vs.over 9500 737's delivered and close to 5000 more on order.  I always thought the 757 was the most graceful looking airliner that Boeing ever built.

Bruce

west Wrote:
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> Hi Ted,
>
> I missed your prior request.  Here's a nose
> section at Laurel Montana on 8-21-1991.
> Hope this helps.
>
> Don

ATSF90East Wrote:
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> The image shown is the 41 section for either a
> Boeing 757-200 or -300, not a Boeing 737.  These
> were a little more rare as tthere are a total of
> 1050 757's built vs.over 9500 737's delivered and
> close to 5000 more on order.  I always thought
> the 757 was the most graceful looking airliner
> that Boeing ever built.
>
> Bruce
>
> west Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > Hi Ted,
> >
> > I missed your prior request.  Here's a nose
> > section at Laurel Montana on 8-21-1991.
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Don

Until you look at the long skinny "bird legs" landing gear they had to use to get enough ground clearance for the engines.

In case it got missed in the last post about the Boeings, Andrew Klamka has a trio of books about shipping planes on trains.  The post-WW2 to modern is in volume three.
The page here is for Volume 2 but the ordering info is the same for volume 3, 500 plus pages of airplane on train interestingness.
https://issuu.com/mennonitepressinc./docs/shipping_planes_on_trains

That photo is a huge help, exactly the car I wanted to model.

west Wrote:
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> Hi Ted,
>
> I missed your prior request.  Here's a nose
> section at Laurel Montana on 8-21-1991.
> Hope this helps.
>
> Don

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

Hi Ted,

Glad to help !   You post a lot of great proto and model stuff for us all,
keeping us inspired.

Don

Hopefully minus the "bad order" tags ;-)
​JB

liked the 757, with it's ground clearance, also liked the stretched dc-8