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2/24/2025
 
 
 
 
 
By:Kevin Ashbaugh
Dates:1/1/1965 - 6/19/1979
Album Info:Photos taken by my parents in Elmo and Van, PA
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Utility poles on the siding.
Title:  Utility poles on the siding.
Description:  A cut of utility poles is set on the Elmo Siding to be unloaded and transported by truck elsewhere. Note the Fern Rd. overpass in the BG, and the Kahle Coal Tipple to the right. Date is approximate, but Dad seems to thing this is mid 60's-early 70's.
Photo Date:  1/1/1965  Upload Date: 9/21/2009 8:08:27 AM
Location:  Elmo, PA
Author:  My Dad
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Shame...shame Dad.  You should know better to not climb on a train.
Title:  Shame...shame Dad. You should know better to not climb on a train.
Description:  A cut of utility poles is set on the Elmo Siding to be unloaded and transported by truck elsewhere. Photo is facing toward Van, PA. Date is approx., but Dad seems to think this was the mid 60's-early 70's.
Photo Date:  1/1/1965  Upload Date: 9/21/2009 8:13:01 AM
Location:  Elmo, PA
Author:  My Dad
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Utility poles on the Elmo siding.
Title:  Utility poles on the Elmo siding.
Description:  A cut of utility poles is set on the Elmo Siding to be unloaded and transported by truck elsewhere. Photo is facing toward Van, PA. Note the empty idler flat in the FG. Date is approx., but Dad seems to think this was the mid 60's-early 70's.
Photo Date:  1/1/1965  Upload Date: 9/21/2009 8:16:21 AM
Location:  Elmo, PA
Author:  My Dad
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On their way.
Title:  On their way.
Description:  Unloaded and placed on flat bed stretch trailers, the utility poles are travelling by highway to their destination. Note the Kahle Coal Tipple behind the truck, and the cut of RR cars on the Elmo Siding in the left of the photo. Date is approx., but Dad seems to think mid 60's-early 70's.
Photo Date:  1/1/1965  Upload Date: 9/21/2009 8:19:49 AM
Location:  Elmo, PA
Author:  My Dad
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Train Wreck of Emotions
Title:  Train Wreck of Emotions
Description:  An empty hopper train derails at Van, PA headed WB.
Photo Date:  6/19/1979  Upload Date: 9/21/2009 7:52:42 AM
Location:  Van, PA
Author:  My Parents
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Wreck,Track
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Yours Truly
Title:  Yours Truly
Description:  A 4 year old yours truly poses in front of the carnage of a WB derailment. Note the Reading Hopper #40018.
Photo Date:  6/19/1979  Upload Date: 9/21/2009 7:55:15 AM
Location:  Van, PA
Author:  My Parents
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Wreck
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Train Wreck of Emotions Part Deux.
Title:  Train Wreck of Emotions Part Deux.
Description:  An empty hopper train derails at Van, PA headed WB.
Photo Date:  6/19/1979  Upload Date: 9/21/2009 8:04:18 AM
Location:  Van, PA
Author:  My Parents.
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Wreck
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