Anyone Else Fascinated By Old Locomotives?

[Black 03 Z06]

Working the yard...

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Steaming off to the next town...

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Shakes the earth...

 

[Pep]

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Rumbling through town...

 

[Black 03 Z06]

When we were kids the railway tracks were somewhat of mysterious place. You never knew what you might find, there was the smell of the creosote, tracks leading off to who knew where. These pics remind me of those days, did not always have to see a train to make the tracks a special (but dangerous) place.

 

[Rruuff Day]

We use to place pennies on the track and then drill and attach them to a chain around our necks... Kids eh!

 

[Pep]

That is a nice picture of Eric on the right working in the fish shop.

 

[Rruuff Day]

That is a nice picture of Eric on the right working in the fish shop.

I got nothing nice to say...

 

[12cents]

I remember walking the tracks and trestles out by my grandparents. As much as I miss everyone from when I was growing up, I really miss the slower pace of life. A lot of these old pictures remind me of some good times when I was a lot younger.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

The railway tracks always provided some scenic vistas...

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Hard work to keep the railway running back in the day.

 

[Pep]

Fancy JB weld job going on there. Almost looks they are heating up rivets or melting welding rod in a container for some use???

 

[Rruuff Day]

Looks like a historical attempt at cooking Meth to me....

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Said the other day that the railways were mysterious places. Todays challenge is to guess for what purpose this still standing structure was built for. It is not railway related.

 

[Rruuff Day]

Said the other day that the railways were mysterious places. Todays challenge is to guess for what purpose this still standing structure was built for. It is not railway related.

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To man with people with guns defending the Town from attacking invaders? Either that or it was the original CN Tower....

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Interesting Eric that you mention guns because there is a connection.

The structure is called a "shot tower" and used to create perfectly round shotgun pellets. The following is the Wikipedia story about this one located in Iowa. An interesting read.

There is a similar tower in Corning, New York and they used that one for drawing long thin glass tubes for thermometers and other instruments.

Shot Tower (Dubuque) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

So class that is all for today. Make sure your homework is done for tomorrow and you may resume drinking now.

 

[OL Yeller]

Looks like they had to rebuild or add on the top 2+ floors at some point. Maybe the "shots" were not round enough by the time they hit the bottom.

 

[Rruuff Day]

very kewl Murray.

 

[Pep]