Okay I’m getting a little bored here on a Sunday.
I’ll be the first to start. It’s simple. Post your favorite railroad car and let someone else guess it. If the guesser gets it right he posts his favorite railroad car.
Answer by yep or nope after someone guesses. Okay I’ll start.
I like this idea, but I am confused. Are we supposed to guess the railroad too?
Like Union Pacific gondola or something? Also, do you want us to guess general car type (e.g. boxcar) or more specific (e.g. 40 ft boxcar)? One last question. If we have several favorite cars, and we get several correct guesses, can we keep posting favorite cars?
That said, my answer is a boxcar…
Looks like it has an ice hatch on the right side.
Ice hatch or a shadow of the roofwalk?
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/awp/awp38000ssC.jpg
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/awp/awp38011ajs.jpg
Ed
I dunno.
Ed,You are correct,Its the roof walk by the end ladder.
OK, now I’m confused about the Trackfiddler quote in Sunday, when he claims it is an ice hatch and so Brent was up (where was the post that was quoted from anyway?)
Going by the lettering (yeah, I know), that boxcar is letter ‘XM’ (general boxcar with side doors and maybe end doors) and so should not have any roof hatches (hatches would make it either a ice reefer RS or a special boxcar LC - boxcar with hatches).
So, did we formalize the parameters of this quiz? Are we to guess the prototype for a given car model (e.g. a General American 53ft bulk milk car with internal tank), or are we to guess the model specifics from the image (oh yes, an Athearn 40ft hi-cube - no wait, the stirrup steps are filled in, it’s a late era Tyco and so on)
Also, please post 2 or more clear images, so no arguments over what any particular shadow or obscured part is.
Looks like an older Athearn or an Ambroid model of a boxcar to me.
I don’t understand what we’re supposed to be guessing: the spelled-out roadname represented by the reporting marks? The manufacturer of the car? What’s been done to make the car unique? In what colours is it painted? How much the car weighs?
Wayne
Sorry I had to run out abruptly yesterday as my wife surprised me with a jacuzzi hotel suite. I tried to delete the thread because I knew I wouldn’t be around but couldn’t figure it out. I don’t think the thread will work anyway everybody knows what everything is.
Maybe we should just pass this one by thanks
Okay, the question was “what are we supposed to figure out?”
Now you say you don’t know because you couldn’t figure it out?
How are we supposed to sleep at night?
Guess some things take prescident over others…[:-^]
And obviously TF isn’t worried about us because he’s getting plenty of sleep, that’s why he couldn’t keep up with this thread[:-^]
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I’m sorry but this whole thread is more sideways than an ultralight with a crosswind, perhaps the “little elves” (aka the moderators) will come in and make this thread disappear overnight.[(-D]
Track Fiddler, I tried a similar kind of thread and that had a short shelf life as well.[(-D]
You can only throw these things out there, some stick, some don’t.[(-D] It is always better to give it a shot and have a stinker than to have never tried at all.
Here’s my feeble effort.
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/p/266349/3011619.aspx?page=1
Definitely not up to the “Show Me Something” thread that took right off when introduced.
I suggested something in a thread once that did not garner even one response. It was such a great idea that I can’t even remember what it was.[(-D]
If no one dissapproves, I will submit my vote for specific rules:
1: You need only to guess
Again I am sorry my wife had a slate a mile long and kept me busy last night and today.
Looks like Ed had a picture of it and JaBear had complete detailed information about it. JaBear was the most right. I suppose it’s his turn to post something if you guys still think this is going to work.
And if you want to make rules for this and make it work I’m all for it… sorry I got so scarce[swg]
Ok, so according to the “rules” my picture is not revelevant or in turn. Go ahead JaBear! Stage is yours. I cant wait to see this thread get on track[:D]
The best such game I’ve seen in connection with trains is this one
It originated in another Forum and was brought along when Big Blue left the Zealot site.
While the rules aren’t posted on the first page (I should probably correct that oversight) it’s a very simple game, with lots of opportunities to make it more interesting and unpredictable.
Somebody starts it by posting a picture which they have taken that has some connection to railroading: could be a locomotive, a freight car, some track, a sign, such as a crossbuck, or even a highway truck owned by a railroad. The picture can be of a real train or a model.
The next participant (quickest on the draw gets first chance) has to post a picture somehow directly related to the first picture.
F’rinstance, the first photo is a Conrail boxcar. The next photo could be another Conrail boxcar, or the same one (same car, but photo by a different person) or it could be anything Conrail or anything with the same number, or any boxcar. Each poster has the ability to steer the thread to suit his tastes (and photo collection).
There are a couple of guys on there with extensive photo collections and it’s like watching a chess match sometimes, where there are successive photos of the same numbered diesel in different locales or times or where they run through 40% of some railroad’s roster of GP40s, in numerical order. and anybody can jump in and post their favourite photo of some other road’s GP40 or perhaps a boxcar with a number that matches the last GP40 posted.
Steam locomotives are generally accepted as all-matching, only because many were so unique and self-taken photos of steam rarer than current day equipment. They usually crop up as either roadname or number matches, but the game does encourage creativity. It’s currently at 249 pages, with activi
+1 [Y] to Wayne’s suggestion, which I would consider an enhancement or clarification of Track Fiddler’s original idea.
I’m all for anything to get more photos posted.
NKP8504_Express by Edmund, on Flickr
Silver — aluminum paint:
N - E - X - T
Regards, Ed
…and anudder one…
Wayne