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| Author: | G. W. Laepple [ Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:44 am ] | ||
| Post subject: | Ring mystery | ||
[attachment=0]0325_0003.jpg[/attachment]In the photo below, taken on a 1940 fantrip on the two-foot gauge Bridgton & Harrison Railroad in Maine, the rings attached to the walls above the windows are a mystery. Anyone out there have any idea what they might be?
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| Author: | LVRR2095 [ Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ring mystery |
For a signal cord???? Keith |
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| Author: | G. W. Laepple [ Sat Apr 11, 2020 10:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ring mystery |
I thought about that, but right at the top center of the photo I think I can see a hanger for the signal cord. Besides, you could put a hawser through those rings! |
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| Author: | Bobharbison [ Sat Apr 11, 2020 10:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ring mystery |
Two of the ones on the right have something white in them. Can’t make it out, is it a porcelain bulb holder? Seems to fit exactly right, so may give a clue? |
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| Author: | Dave [ Sat Apr 11, 2020 11:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ring mystery |
It was an early experimental design for a cup holder, and didn't last as they soon found that horizontal ones retained the liquid in the cups much better. |
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| Author: | Dennis Storzek [ Sat Apr 11, 2020 1:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ring mystery |
No, it's an automatic passenger awakening device. The rings swivel. A passenger desiring to use the device would fill a cup with water and place it over his seat; when the train slowed for the station the cup would tip and the water would wake the passenger. The two with cups still in them have already been used. Sorry I missed April 1st. The thought came to mind that they are racks for fishing poles, but the thought of hanging hooks getting snarled in passengers hair kind of rules that out. |
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