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| Title: |
SRS 131 |
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6/7/2023 Upload Date: 10/3/2023 11:36:03 PM |
| Location: |
Gary, IN |
| Author: |
Joe Usselman |
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| Locomotives: |
SRS 131(Doodlebug) |
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| Title: |
SRS 131 |
| Description: |
Before heading to North Jersey, the Sperry Doodlebug railcar sits on the former reading side of the yard on a beautiful day |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/2024 Upload Date: 5/7/2024 10:38:59 AM |
| Location: |
Manville, NJ |
| Author: |
Alex Piechowski |
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| Locomotives: |
SRS 131(Doodlebug) |
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| Title: |
SRS 131 |
| Description: |
SRS 131 is tied down in Newburgh, NY 5/3/2024. |
| Photo Date: |
5/3/2024 Upload Date: 5/6/2024 7:57:07 PM |
| Location: |
Newburgh, NY |
| Author: |
Elena M Durant |
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| Locomotives: |
SRS 131(Doodlebug) |
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| Title: |
SRS 131 |
| Description: |
The century old Sperry track car the 'doodlebug' returns back eastward after spending the night in Philadelphia. @ 14:41 hrs |
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10/28/2024 Upload Date: 10/30/2024 9:21:47 PM |
| Location: |
Skillman, NJ |
| Author: |
Alex Piechowski |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 131(Doodlebug) |
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| Title: |
SRS 132 |
| Description: |
Sperry Rail Service 132 at Council Bluffs, Iowa on February 22, 1958, Kodachrome by Lou Schmitz, Chuck Zeiler collection. |
| Photo Date: |
2/22/1958 Upload Date: 3/16/2013 3:07:39 PM |
| Location: |
Council Bluffs, IA |
| Author: |
Lou Schmitz |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 132(Doodlebug) |
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820 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SRS 132 |
| Description: |
Sperry Rail Service SRS 132 Tullahoma, TN Date Approximate |
| Photo Date: |
2/1/1962 Upload Date: 5/4/2013 5:12:28 PM |
| Location: |
Tullahoma, TN |
| Author: |
Lee Yoder |
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| Locomotives: |
SRS 132(Doodlebug) |
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502 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SRS 132 |
| Description: |
Sperry Rail Service SRS 132 Tullahoma, TN Date Approximate |
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2/1/1962 Upload Date: 5/4/2013 5:12:30 PM |
| Location: |
Tullahoma, TN |
| Author: |
Lee Yoder |
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| Locomotives: |
SRS 132(Doodlebug) |
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| Title: |
SRS #132 - Sperry Rail Service |
| Description: |
Built in 1925 by the St Louis Car as a doodlebug for the Seaboard Air Line, it was converted by the Sperry Rail Services company to a rail detection car. From the photos posted on this website, it was still in service in 2005. The location and date were not marked on the back of the photo but from with the help of Chuck Zeiler's comment below, it must be after 2/1/1962 since the headlight is different after that. If anyone can help fix closer date, please let me know. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1963 Upload Date: 1/9/2014 8:35:04 AM |
| Location: |
Unknown, CT |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 132(Doodlebug) |
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416 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SRS 132 |
| Description: |
In front of the EL passenger station (Date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
12/27/1966 Upload Date: 10/24/2015 9:42:40 AM |
| Location: |
Kent, OH |
| Author: |
Robert Farkas |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 132(Doodlebug) |
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744 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SRS 132 |
| Description: |
(Date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
12/27/1966 Upload Date: 11/12/2015 9:55:18 PM |
| Location: |
Kent, OH |
| Author: |
Robert Farkas |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 132(Doodlebug) |
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755 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Sperry Rail Service #132, c. 1970 |
| Description: |
SRS. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of Sperry Rail Service Detector Car #132, a "Doodlebug" built by the St. Louis Car Company during April of 1925 and acquired by SRS in 1943. Partially visible at the right is Reading Railroad engine #5205, a C424 built by the American Locomotive Company in November of 1963 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. |
| Photo Date: |
1/23/1970 Upload Date: 12/3/2021 9:22:03 PM |
| Location: |
Bethlehem, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SRS 132(Doodlebug) RDG 5205(C424) |
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286 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SRS 132 |
| Description: |
Sperry Rail Service SRS 132 Chattanooga, TN |
| Photo Date: |
10/10/1970 Upload Date: 5/4/2013 5:11:51 PM |
| Location: |
Chattanooga, TN |
| Author: |
Lee Yoder |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SRS 132(Doodlebug) |
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491 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SRS 132 |
| Description: |
Sperry Rail Service SRS 132 Chattanooga, TN |
| Photo Date: |
10/10/1970 Upload Date: 5/4/2013 5:12:30 PM |
| Location: |
Chattanooga, TN |
| Author: |
Lee Yoder |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SRS 132(Doodlebug) |
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458 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SRS 132 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
9/17/1977 Upload Date: 8/25/2008 1:46:13 PM |
| Location: |
Mingo Junction, OH |
| Author: |
C.W. Lahickey |
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| Locomotives: |
SRS 132(Doodlebug) |
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620 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Sperry Rail Service 132 |
| Description: |
EB on MEC after being repaired at Conway Scenic RR |
| Photo Date: |
9/28/1978 Upload Date: 11/21/2011 10:42:16 AM |
| Location: |
North Conway, NH |
| Author: |
Gil Ford |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 132(Doodlebug) |
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522 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SRS 132 |
| Description: |
Here comes the SRS Doodlebug testing on the Secondary. Anyone for Schwan's Ice Cream on this cold January day? |
| Photo Date: |
1/8/1979 Upload Date: 1/24/2018 8:44:03 AM |
| Location: |
Schuyler, PA |
| Author: |
Jim Appleman |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 132(Doodlebug) |
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402 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Sperry Rail Service #132, 1979 |
| Description: |
SRS. Here is an image of a photo by Edward Kaspriske that was taken in 1979. Shown here is Sperry Rail Service Detector Car #132, a "Doodlebug" built by the St. Louis Car Company during April of 1925 and acquired by SRS in 1943. The exact location is not recorded. Edward Kaspriske Collection. |
| Photo Date: |
1/23/1979 Upload Date: 5/31/2023 11:31:12 PM |
| Location: |
Sunbury, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Winter |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 132(Doodlebug) |
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132 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Sperry Rail Service #132 working westbound on the Western Railway of Alabama towards Montgomery (AL). The hotbox detector numeric display is showing "000" indicating no defects on extra SRS #132 West |
| Description: |
Sperry Rail Service Test Car #132 was built in 1925 (by St. Louis Car Company) as Seaboard Air Line "Doodlebug" #2003. Sperry acquired the car from Seaboard Air Line in January 1942. #132 is 59' 7" in length, 13' high and 10' 4" wide with a weight of 142,000 pounds |
| Photo Date: |
2/3/1980 Upload Date: 7/28/2009 12:51:24 PM |
| Location: |
Auburn, AL |
| Author: |
Bernie Feltman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 132(Doodlebug) |
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| Title: |
SRS 132 (Doodlebug) |
| Description: |
SRS 132 (Doodlebug) blt 1925 as SAL 2003, Huntsville, Ala., December 1983 (exact date unknown) |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/1983 Upload Date: 7/5/2013 9:49:16 PM |
| Location: |
Huntsville, AL |
| Author: |
Robert Proctor |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SRS 132(Doodlebug) |
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433 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Sperry Rail Service #132, #1 of 2, 1986 |
| Description: |
SRS. Here is an image of the first of two successive photos by Edward Kaspriske that were taken in 1986. Shown here is Sperry Rail Service Detector Car #132, a "Doodlebug" built by the St. Louis Car Company during April of 1925 and acquired by SRS in 1943. The exact location is not recorded. Edward Kaspriske Collection. |
| Photo Date: |
1/23/1986 Upload Date: 6/18/2023 10:56:24 AM |
| Location: |
Sunbury, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Winter,Signal |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 132(Doodlebug) |
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163 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Sperry Rail Service #132, #2 of 2, 1986 |
| Description: |
SRS. Here is an image of the second of two successive photos by Edward Kaspriske that were taken in 1986. Shown here is Sperry Rail Service Detector Car #132, a "Doodlebug" built by the St. Louis Car Company during April of 1925 and acquired by SRS in 1943. The exact location is not recorded. Edward Kaspriske Collection. |
| Photo Date: |
1/23/1986 Upload Date: 6/18/2023 10:57:00 AM |
| Location: |
Sunbury, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Winter |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 132(Doodlebug) |
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147 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Sperry Rail Car Jimmy Langdon |
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| Photo Date: |
10/29/1994 Upload Date: 7/22/2007 7:49:58 AM |
| Location: |
Williams Junction, AZ |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SRS 132(Doodlebug) |
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755 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SRS 132 |
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| Photo Date: |
12/21/2000 Upload Date: 11/8/2014 10:53:32 AM |
| Location: |
Garrett, IN |
| Author: |
Alan Gaines |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SRS 132(Doodlebug) |
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317 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Eagle Pass TX |
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| Photo Date: |
6/5/2003 Upload Date: 4/4/2015 1:50:24 PM |
| Location: |
Eagle Pass, TX |
| Author: |
Randy Curlin |
| Categories: |
Yard,Station,Track |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 132(Doodlebug) |
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383 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Eagle Pass TX |
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| Photo Date: |
6/5/2003 Upload Date: 4/4/2015 1:50:44 PM |
| Location: |
Eagle Pass, TX |
| Author: |
Randy Curlin |
| Categories: |
Yard,Track |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 132(Doodlebug) |
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355 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SRS East St. Louis Shops |
| Description: |
The western region repair shop of Sperry Rail Service. Light and medium repairs are done here, while all heavy overhaul is completed in the Danbury shops. 132 is in for repair, afterstriking the side of a moving train, note damage on front right side. |
| Photo Date: |
12/10/2003 Upload Date: 3/14/2005 5:11:46 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Louis, MO |
| Author: |
Padraic McCarthy |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 141(Doodlebug) SRS 132(Doodlebug) SRS 143(Doodlebug) |
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1090 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Sperry Rail Service Shops |
| Description: |
We went by the Sperry Shops after supper at Cracker Barrel. This is an Induction-Ultrasonic Rail Flaw Detector Car. They were rebuilt from 1920-1940s vintage gas electric cars called "doodlebugs". This is ex-CNW 300882 and is in the new paint scheme. |
| Photo Date: |
12/22/2005 Upload Date: 2/18/2006 2:55:57 AM |
| Location: |
National City, IL |
| Author: |
Zach Pumphery |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 132(Doodlebug) SRS 142(MoW Equipment) |
| Views: |
759 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Sperry Car |
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Here's another Induction-Ultrasonic Car, this one I saw in Poplar Bluff, MO in February 2004 on the UP. This car is out of service due to behind hit in this end by a gondola while in Mexico. This car is in the older paint scheme and is named "Gary Langdon". This is ex-SAL 2003. 137 is also in the old paint scheme. |
| Photo Date: |
12/22/2005 Upload Date: 2/18/2006 2:55:58 AM |
| Location: |
National City, IL |
| Author: |
Zach Pumphery |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 132(Doodlebug) |
| Views: |
555 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SRS 134 |
| Description: |
Parked by the ex-EL passenger station (Date approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
2/13/1971 Upload Date: 10/18/2014 9:56:15 PM |
| Location: |
Kent, OH |
| Author: |
Robert Farkas |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 134(Doodlebug) |
| Views: |
628 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Sperry Rail car |
| Description: |
Winona |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1971 Upload Date: 12/27/2006 11:23:55 PM |
| Location: |
Winona, MN |
| Author: |
Greg Smith |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 134(Doodlebug) |
| Views: |
3379 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SRS 134 |
| Description: |
No eastbounds for awhile, as Sperry car 134 is busy checking the #1 track. SRS 134 is ex-SAL 2022, built by St. Louis Car-EMC (1459-261) in 1928 and acqured by Sperry in 1945. Date of photo approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1972 Upload Date: 1/28/2010 3:52:30 PM |
| Location: |
Ashland, OH |
| Author: |
Mike Woodruff |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 134(Doodlebug) |
| Views: |
695 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Sperry Rail Service 134 |
| Description: |
stored for the winter in the Riby enginehouse |
| Photo Date: |
2/8/1982 Upload Date: 4/21/2012 5:14:25 PM |
| Location: |
South Portland, ME |
| Author: |
Gil Ford |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 134(Doodlebug) |
| Views: |
576 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Sperry 134 |
| Description: |
Rail test car |
| Photo Date: |
10/31/1982 Upload Date: 3/29/2012 1:47:44 PM |
| Location: |
Dover, NH |
| Author: |
Gil Ford |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 134(Doodlebug) |
| Views: |
547 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SRS 134 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/1/1983 Upload Date: 2/8/2013 9:38:25 AM |
| Location: |
South Acton, MA |
| Author: |
Dick Leonhardt |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SRS 134(Doodlebug) |
| Views: |
515 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MBTA 1401 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/1/1983 Upload Date: 4/15/2012 9:48:34 AM |
| Location: |
South Acton, MA |
| Author: |
Dick Leonhardt |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SRS 134(Doodlebug) |
| Views: |
1073 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SRS 134 |
| Description: |
Sperry Car laying over for the night |
| Photo Date: |
4/16/1985 Upload Date: 6/5/2011 7:35:11 PM |
| Location: |
East Deerfield, MA |
| Author: |
Gil Ford |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 134(Doodlebug) |
| Views: |
431 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Sperry car visits Long Island |
| Description: |
Sperry car 134 had the task of inspecting the LIRR. Getting it worked in between schdduled trains was a challenge!! |
| Photo Date: |
2/4/1986 Upload Date: 11/18/2011 2:42:18 AM |
| Location: |
New Hyde Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 134(Doodlebug) |
| Views: |
477 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SRS 134 |
| Description: |
SRS testing east by Smiths Mill. The mill had been shut down for years and will eventually be torn down. |
| Photo Date: |
5/28/1986 Upload Date: 4/19/2018 1:55:20 PM |
| Location: |
Ottawa, PA |
| Author: |
Jim Appleman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 134(Doodlebug) |
| Views: |
311 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Checking the Main Line |
| Description: |
Sperry car 134 rolls through New Hyde Park on track 1 as it checks for rail defects. Working the electrified zone could be a challenge for the Sperry car, since it needed an absolute clear to run, a hard thing to come by with the traffic density on this end of the railroad. |
| Photo Date: |
11/19/1987 Upload Date: 6/11/2015 3:39:16 AM |
| Location: |
New Hyde Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 134(Doodlebug) |
| Views: |
390 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Working track 4. |
| Description: |
Todays effort is to work track 4, the southernmost track on the Main Line west of Queens, then onto the Hempstead Branch. The Sperry car is about to pass Queens Village station |
| Photo Date: |
11/19/1987 Upload Date: 6/11/2015 3:49:00 AM |
| Location: |
Queens Village, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 134(Doodlebug) |
| Views: |
376 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Waiting in good company |
| Description: |
Sperry car 134 waits on a siding at Riverhead. In the background is the tender for LIRR 39, behind restored at the Railroad Museum of Long Island. |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/1987 Upload Date: 6/11/2015 3:53:52 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 134(Doodlebug) |
| Views: |
429 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Old doodlebug |
| Description: |
A nose on shot of Sperry car 134 shows it for the doodlebug it once was. Partly dismantled G 5 4-6-0 39 is at left. |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/1987 Upload Date: 6/11/2015 4:02:46 AM |
| Location: |
Riverhead, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 134(Doodlebug) LI 39(4-6-2) |
| Views: |
566 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SRS 134 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
9/5/1997 Upload Date: 11/8/2014 10:54:49 AM |
| Location: |
Dunlap, IN |
| Author: |
Alan Gaines |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SRS 134(Doodlebug) |
| Views: |
381 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SRS 134 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
6/23/1998 Upload Date: 11/8/2014 10:56:24 AM |
| Location: |
Corunna, IN |
| Author: |
Alan Gaines |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SRS 134(Doodlebug) |
| Views: |
339 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SRS 134 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
1/30/1999 Upload Date: 2/28/2015 2:05:56 PM |
| Location: |
Willoughby, OH |
| Author: |
Bruce Gage |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 134(Doodlebug) |
| Views: |
465 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Sperry car on the NS |
| Description: |
I made a pick up in Bellevue, and had a view of the tracks. This car happened along while I was getting loaded. |
| Photo Date: |
5/30/2000 Upload Date: 2/23/2014 4:31:19 AM |
| Location: |
Bellevue, OH |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SRS 134(Doodlebug) |
| Views: |
430 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SRS 134 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
1/14/2001 Upload Date: 2/8/2013 9:38:25 AM |
| Location: |
Ayer, MA |
| Author: |
Dick Leonhardt |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SRS 134(Doodlebug) |
| Views: |
425 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SRS 134 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
1/14/2001 Upload Date: 2/8/2013 9:38:25 AM |
| Location: |
Ayer, MA |
| Author: |
Dick Leonhardt |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SRS 134(Doodlebug) |
| Views: |
387 Comments: 0 |
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