Thursday Proto Photo, Dec 30/21

[Lenny53]

Beaconsfield, QC autumn 2004

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[Philip H]

I found these sitting in Bay St. Louis on New Years Eve:

[mu26aeh]

I feel like those idler flats should be switched around ?

[Philip H]

I feel like those idler flats should be switched around ?

It would seem that way. But that’s how I found them.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

It would seem that way. But that’s how I found them.

You put them on the layout mixed up like that, admit it.

[Philip H]

You put them on the layout mixed up like that, admit it.

My 0-5-0 is not that strong.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

My 0-5-0 is not that strong.

It's been a long pandemic...

[sd45elect2000]

I feel like those idler flats should be switched around ?

The yellow flat is for assembled turnouts

[davefoxx]

The yellow flat is for assembled turnouts

@Philip H has got an Aberdeen & Rockfish gon for that. 

DFF

[mu26aeh]

After looking at pics on rrpicturearchives.net, I think that yellow flat is to transport the arm/boom of the crane when they move the crane from site to site/long distance. 

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4971837

[Missaberoad]

The yellow flat is for assembled turnouts

Are you sure? All of the csxt 9162xx series are crane idler flats, and panel track cars typically have a large A frame rather then horizontal rollers.

[packers#1]

After looking at pics on rrpicturearchives.net, I think that yellow flat is to transport the arm/boom of the crane when they move the crane from site to site/long distance. 

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4971837

Man, you’d think they would’ve kept the jewel case it came in if they were gonna move it though, right? 

[mu26aeh]

Man, you’d think they would’ve kept the jewel case it came in if they were gonna move it though, right? 

Got a chuckle out of me on that one.  Guess CSX is one of those that tosses the case once they get something