[milwaukee-electric] Re: Devil's Teapot photo update

[Larry Allan]

Attached is a close-up of the image Teapot001. The close-up is of the
Front Coupler of the flatcar. Can someone explain the Extensions
purpose that is attached to the coupler. Thanks.
On 10/19/09, Scott Greig <sbgreig_m1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Yes, that's one of the D21-D25 series work motors, three of which eventually
> were re-re-re-rebuilt into fairly handsome line cars.
>
> --- On Sun, 10/18/09, Larry Allan <lallan45 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Larry Allan <lallan45 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: Devil's Teapot photo update
>> To: milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org
>> Date: Sunday, October 18, 2009, 10:58 PM
>> One more image of entire work car.
>> On 10/18/09, Larry Allan <lallan45 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Don, Attached is a closer view of the workcar in image
>> 001
>> >
>> > On 10/18/09, Don L. Leistikow <DLeistikow at webtv.net>
>> wrote:
>> >> Ken and list:   Back in WW 1 days,
>> TMER&L fielded some really odd
>> >> looking work rolling stock.
>> >>
>> >> Historically, they obtained some standard (of the
>> day) flat cars, which
>> >> were converted and revised as time wore on.
>> Obviously, they added a
>> >> round end to the square end sill, for the purpose
>> of making these cars
>> >> able to acutally train (with flats) through the
>> streets of Milwaukee.
>> >> Remember that the Cold Spring Shops was built in
>> 1913 as, KK was no
>> >> longer able to keep up with street railway
>> expansion.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> KK had been the original heavy duty shop up to
>> that time.  Whereas CSS
>> >> was only  connected to the street railway
>> lines and to the CM&StP
>> >> railway, the ability to negotiate the system
>> required that all cars be
>> >> able go around the 90* corners.
>> >>
>> >> To view how this was done, find the
>> TMER&L  E 58 flat car which was at
>> >> East Troy and is now at IRM, if my information is
>> correct.  Looking
>> >> underneath the car ends, you will see how TM
>> applied the round ends and
>> >> coupler mountings.  Then again, someone may
>> have photos of this car
>> >> laying on its back at East Troy's Phantom Woods
>> yard.   If so, please
>> >> post same.
>> >>
>> >> Now, the photo of a work car at the Devil's Tea
>> Pot, may well have been
>> >> one of these RR flat cars that had been motorized
>> with a small cab on
>> >> each end.  A careful look at this car
>> impresses me as on of those early
>> >> and cheap conversions.  The original square
>> end with poling sockets
>> >> seems to be in that photo.  That car would
>> have been an early D series
>> >> work motor.
>> >>
>> >> If anyone has a sharp photo image, please enlarge
>> to see if I'm correct
>> >> in my conclusion.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Don
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
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