Photo of The Day

[Malachi Constant]

Interesting asst. of WW1 60cm railway pix:
http://www.ecpad.fr/les-petits-trains-de-la-grande-guerre



Especially like this little home-brewed "camp" or supply car ... very diverse selection in the group of photos.

Cheers,
Dallas

[eTraxx]

I ran across this by accident. Oh boy .. would this make for a great lighthouse for a model or what! I mean .. it's ALREADY selectively compressed!

Cockspur Island Lighthouse

[mabloodhound]

That's a nice lighthouse.   Now I want to see someone model this home in Wanship, UT

[Malachi Constant]

Hey Dave --

That's a winner!  Kinda makes Anders' Swedish junkyard look a little too neat. 

Also solves a problem that we run into in the larger scales ... don't have enough room for a building, a car and a wagon?  Heck, pile 'em all up!

Are there more photos of this little gem?
Dallas

[marc_reusser]

That's a beautiful lighthouse. Wish they gave some overall dims to ease extrapolation into a drwg. Maybe HABS-HAR has drawings or notes.


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[eTraxx]

Marc in the link it says ..

The second Cockspur Lighthouse was built of brick and exhibited a light from a fourth-order Fresnel lens. The forty-six-foot tower has a unique feature - it's eastern side is shaped like the prow of a ship to better withstand the force of high seas.

I guess that measurement is to the very top. I was looking at that and thinking .. dang .. that's brick .. and the darn thing is tapered. Might be possible to scribe the brick using a turntable or some such ..

[mabloodhound]

Are there more photos of this little gem?
Dallas

Dallas, I got it from this site http://protophoto.com/subject.html?subject_id=494 but I didn't see any more of that one.
But there are some other good ones there in the gallery.

These are the same one on Flickr which may be the Pendleton Farm http://www.flickr.com/photos/dfullmerfoto/4105347486/in/photostream/

And here's another one with the whole car!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/78466927@N00/2935262031/

[Ray Dunakin]

At first I thought the car body was built into the wall, but on closer inspection it appears more like that it's just mounted on the wall.

[Malachi Constant]

Wow, they didn't just stop at junkin' it up all to heck ... they also added some really impressive rock castings in the backyard!  Thanks, Dave

[mabloodhound]

This website was posted on the On30 conspiracy this morning.   Nice pictures of logging, oxen being used, trains and old timers.
http://oldphotoguy.com/

Worth looking at.

[eTraxx]

Shorpy - "Down to the River: 1910"

http://www.shorpy.com/node/10963

Ton of detail in the photo

[Rasputen]

I wonder what is in those round wooden crates?

[Gordon Ferguson]

I wonder what is in those round wooden crates?

They are cable drums ...... still find plenty of this type in use today

[eTraxx]

Shorpy .. http://www.shorpy.com/node/10975

Check the steering wheel out. No seatbelts .. seems like someone had a mighty grip on that wheel when they hit ...

[eTraxx]

Good shot of the underside of a truck .. looks brand new too.

Overturned: 1921

http://www.shorpy.com/node/10977