OK, who is it that took the 360 degree shot from the tender of, 475?

https://www.google.dk/maps/@39.9838815,-76.1571247,3a,60y,273.77h,72.86t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5lm8n19B0Trns7UKi1ftiQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

And I just discovered that it is a path shot, continuing as long as I have the patience to click.

Clever!

The 3-bay open top hopper in the photo carries NYO&W reporting marks. Is NYO&W 150 actually a New York, Ontario & Western car?

Thanks.

Les

Addendum - I found a Strasburg equipment roster and apparently number 150 is a former New York Central car, road number unknown. Now I wonder if the NYO&W painted their hopper cars in the manner shown. I looked for a photo of a NYO&W hopper on the internet, but of course, no luck.

Les

Somewhere I've seen a partial photo of a twenties era O&W hopper (it's in the background of a locomotive photo) that had rather extensive lettering, including the W-in-the-O herald, but all the photos I've seen from WWII and later just say "OW", and a number. Not very exciting at all.

The other side of said hopper car is lettered "D&RGW". I was told the lettering was applied for a charter freight operation.

I don't know who did this imagery, but it may have been Google themselves.

It's not the first time they've created a "street view" from on board a train.

https://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archive ... stree.html

They also have them for various amusement parks, as well as the giant model railroad in Germany.

If you are a non-profit, such as what we are at Friends of the Stewartstown Railroad, Inc, you can apply to borrow a special camera from google. We are in the process of doing this. Otherwise, you can buy a camera for around 200-300 and do it yourself: https://www.google.com/streetview/publish/

I have done a few includeing one at the Shelburne Falls Trolley Museume. Was thinking about trying to do a 360 video of a trolley ride so we could offer virtual reality trolley rides at events such as the Springfield train hobby show.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5995908 ... Fphoto.jpg

Hi Les,

The Old Woman wasn't a 3-bay hot spot. Some early hoppers were lettered with NYO&W reporting marks, but also with the O&W herald. In later years, a simple O.W. sufficed for reporting marks.

No known O&W hoppers survive, though it wouldn't surprise me if there's one or two under a culm bank in the northern anthracite field.

All in all, there is very little O&W rolling stock other than cabooses and a handful of other pieces.

One of my greatest dreams is to find some long lost piece of the O&W.


Rob