Photo of The Day

[LLIAXTEP]

Here is an interesting Photo of a narrow gauge Porter 0-6-0t around the turn of the century in Russia, Irinovskaya UZD ("Irinovskaya" narrow gauge railroad) at "Ryabovo" station. I got this image somewhere off the internet, but don't remember where. Apart from the 2 additional headlights, and stack extension added to the standard variant to clear the carriage roofs it seems identical to the US counterparts.


Alex

[DaKra]

One for all you fans of antlers.  From Shorpy today ... look closely.  

http://www.shorpy.com/node/10295

[Rasputen]

Was that some sort of common practice?  I have never seen a deer head mounted outside.  And what is on the tips of the antlers???

[eTraxx]

I was about to ask the same thing ..

[DaKra]

No, not common at all, but I fear this photo will only encourage the antler crowd to cease limiting themselves to rolling stock.   Looks like some wag climbed out the window and put his empty gin bottles on the tips.   

Dave

[eTraxx]

I assume he had very long arms!

[DaKra]

After consuming the contents, climbing out that window and stepping on the cast iron deer head to put the empties on the antlers probably didn't seem like such a bad idea.   

[chester]

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[eTraxx]

After consuming the contents, climbing out that window and stepping on the cast iron deer head to put the empties on the antlers probably didn't seem like such a bad idea.   

Didn't think about Harold Loyd. WELL within his capabilities.

[NORCALLOGGER]

Looks to me like the antlers are supposed to represent an Elk not a Deer.
Is that building an Elk's Lodge?
However I will admit that that is the strangest looking Elk's head I have ever seen.
Is it cast in bronze or some other material?
Later
Rick

[W.P. Rayner]

Those look like light bulbs on the end of each antler, which makes it all the more strange. You couldn't do that today, someone would climb up there and steal it...

Paul

[DaKra]

Have to agree with Paul, those are light bulbs.   It just makes more sense than gin bottles!  

Dave

[Ray Dunakin]

They look like bottles to me.

[mabloodhound]

Looks to me like the antlers are supposed to represent an Elk not a Deer.
Is that building an Elk's Lodge?

Rick

That is an Elk from the Elks Lodge.   
I have an Elk members pin from my grandfather who was a member in Iowa circa 1920 and that is exactly the same shape and detail.

[Malachi Constant]

They look like bottles to me.

That's an old traditional way of making Elk-Berry wine ... you have to put the bottles on the antlers before the elk berries bloom, so the ... oh wait ... I think that's pear wine and you're not supposed to eat the elk berries ... my bad.