Hello All,
A few years back, I had a number of my old 35mm slides/negatives converted to a DVD and promptly proceeded to lose them for some time(everybody familiar with the tv show Hoarding-Buried Alive ?). Out of the blue, I rediscovered the DVD yesterday, apparently exactly where I had hid it from myself.
Back in June 1985, I received permission from the URR superintendent/yard supervisor to access the URR Duquesne yards to photograph their MOW equipment which included some pretty unique rolling stock. It had been rumored that some of this equipment would not be around for any long term use in the future. The two 40' boxcars, 115 & 116, had been modified with windows having been installed on the sides and a man-door cut in and installed on the ends of each boxcar. I wasn't allowed inside the cars but was told they contained racks of mechanical equipment/tools, welding equipment and a couple of tables and even cots. The 120 dining/lunch car was modified from an old Bessemer & Lake Erie steel bay window caboose that had the bay window offset towards one end of the car. The Industrial Brownhoist crane/boom car had just been refurbished/painted only about 5-6 years earlier and was in very good condition. As of today, I don't know of what happened to any of this equipment with the exception of the dining car/caboose which I understand is in private hands somewhere in the Elizabeth, Pa area. Anyway, enjoy the photos.
Nick
