A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

[Roy]

...he loved his Lionel trains, though (!)

Is the engine in the picture pulling two tenders?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

...he loved his Lionel trains, though (!)

Is the engine in the picture pulling two tenders?

The train on the inner track is a Lionel 1666, with the wonderful, lonesome whistle in its tender; the train on the outer loop is a Lionel Scout, which had a boxy metal thing as a tender.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[HONDO74]

Interesting looking buildings and with a railroad running down the center of the street. That would be a nice scene to model.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Interesting looking buildings and with a railroad running down the center of the street. That would be a nice scene to model.

I used to live with my grandparents about 2 blocks in the opposite direction on N. Carlisle St. At the time of the photo that was the route of the CVRR - right through the middle of town. Not too many years later they moved the mainline a few block over to become the high line that remains in service to this day. The trolley later ran through the middle of town. Passed by Greencastle on Rt. 11 just this afternoon.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[MurphOnMillerAve]

That sleeves-rolled-up, vest-open image must have been a fashion for the younger men, in those days, a kind of ready-to-be-productive image, it seems.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Yup. That old roll up your sleeves and get to work image.

[HONDO74]

And they are wearing TIES. I have seen a lot of pictures from the same time period taken in machine shops with machine operators dressed the same way......

[Rufus T. Firefly]

And they are wearing TIES. I have seen a lot of pictures from the same time period taken in machine shops with machine operators dressed the same way......

Yup! You were not properly dressed w/o a tie!

[healey36]

That said, wearing a tie while working in a machine shop would seem an inherently risky proposition.

[Roy]

That said, wearing a tie while working in a machine shop would seem an inherently risky proposition.

Especially back in those days, when machines were driven by overhead shafts and belts. My grandfather saw a worker killed that way.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

That said, wearing a tie while working in a machine shop would seem an inherently risky proposition.

Especially back in those days, when machines were driven by overhead shafts and belts. My grandfather saw a worker killed that way.

Wow. Interesting. Would you tell us that story?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[Rufus T. Firefly]