Re: Photos of S.Baker circa 1955

More photos from John Lewis taken Sep. 1955. The dual gauge idler still exists at SVRR's McEwen site. The frame is sitting upside down off of the trucks, and would sure make a neat display piece if someone ever found the time and interest. The tank car is a former UTLX tank car that would have operated on the DRGW. It also still exists...sort of. The tank itself was removed from the frame and mounted onto a semi truck axle or axles so it could be towed as a road watering tank. The dome was cut down to make filling easier. SVRR was able to acquire an identical tank on a flat car from the WP&Y. So at this time, the original 100 tank with cut down dome sits on the flat car from the WP&Y which we have set up as a MOW fire service car, with fire pump and hose reel. The cut down dome works perfectly under our water tower spout. It is also sometime used for transporting water from the water tower to the back shop to fill the engines when dewinterizing, and also is sometimes staged at Sumpter as a water source if we run low during photo specials. Meanwhile the original #100 frame and trucks have the substitute tank mounted in place. The flat car in the final color photo is likely the one that was retired and off roster, but retained for MOW on the remaining 1 1/2 miles of switching track.