It probably is just a boxcar, but I was curious because some passenger cars, like the one pictured below, were only 60-65 feet in length.
Boyd
bowens@rypn.org
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| Author: | Boyd Owens [ Wed Dec 24, 2003 11:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Buried Railcar |
In the flimsies article linked below, anyone know what type of railcar this might be? Boyd http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/yrtwn/seast/241seyt2.htm bowens@rypn.org |
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| Author: | Don C. [ Wed Dec 24, 2003 11:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Buried Railcar |
I would guess a boxcar. It would have been cheap and the length, for the most part, is too short for the majority of passenger equipment. Should have buried a cupola style caboose and left the cupola sticking out of the ground for use as a gun turret when the "Red Plague" overran Stickney township. Bring back the '50's! Duck and cover! Don C. milw261@sbcglobal.net |
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| Author: | Bob Yarger [ Wed Dec 24, 2003 11:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Survival crackers |
Sounds like a longer boxcar to me. Incidently, my father-in-law used to work in a marble quarry that had been declared an emergency fallout shelter in the 1960s. When the quarry was closed, he brought home a few of the govermnent survival supplies, including some of those crackers, sealed in a 5 gallon square can. We opened them and they still tasted fresh, despite being 20 years old, but they went stale very quickly afterward. ryarger@rypn.org |
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| Author: | Boyd Owens [ Wed Dec 24, 2003 12:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Buried Railcar *PIC* |
It probably is just a boxcar, but I was curious because some passenger cars, like the one pictured below, were only 60-65 feet in length. Boyd bowens@rypn.org |
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| Author: | Taylor Rush [ Wed Dec 24, 2003 2:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Survival crackers |
Where my dad works they found a bunch of old goverment staples in case of a nuclear holucost. The 55 gallon barrels of water aren't that great, but the tins of vintage hard candy are. It's amazing they're half a century old since they aren't stuck together or anything. Good stuff. Merry Christmas, Taylor thrush@smt-net.com |
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