Where is this?
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| Photo from the Barringer Collection. |
It's 1943 and the country is at war. Allied victories are turning the tide of the war and America's industries and the country's railroads, big and small, are doing their part. The Maryland & Pennsylvania RR (Affectionately known as The Ma & Pa) might not have been as busy as the big RRs, still played its part in contributing to the eventual Allied victory. Come and see this all relived again as I build an HO scale version of The Ma & Pa, 1943.
I haven't a clue where this is Ted, but its a great photo with tons of awesome details.
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ReplyDeleteThis scene will be on my layout. :)
Ted
Ummmmmmm....let me think......
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There is something with vertical white stripes in front of the houses across North Franklin Street and beyond the tank truck. What might they be? Dick Bradley
ReplyDeleteHi Dick,
ReplyDeleteAfter blowing up the picture it looks to be porch supports for the back porch decking for the second floor. Unless I'm not see what you are seeing.
Ted
Examination of this view in .................... reveals a gracefully curved R-O-W, elevated and well drained roadbed, manicured ballast and superelevation. Ted, are you sure this is our beloved Ma & Pa?
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I perceive that Wednesday is approaching soon! Time to set the table?
ReplyDeleteI also use this area of Red Lion, Pa. to inspire my modeling. The building to the left was the Red Lion Table Co, now the David Edwards Furniture Co. The building to the right was the Ebert Furniture Co, now the Jensen Co. The gully between the main line and Ebert is the head water of Mill Creek which the Ma & Pa followed toward York. That gully is now lined with cut stone. Dick Bradley
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