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George Lortz

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WWI Involvement
« on: November 04, 2014, 11:40:35 am »
I recently ran across the attached photo being sold on eBay.  It shows a Monon flatcar being used to transport WWI tanks.  The date is circa 1918, but there was no other description available.  I can't make out the car#.

Are there any other Monon photos showing WWI involvement?

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Ken Weller

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Re: WWI Involvement
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2014, 04:40:30 pm »
See attached Monon pics as to WWI.  Does anyone have more?
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Mike Aufderheide

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Re: WWI Involvement
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2014, 05:52:03 pm »
George,

I can't help you with the WWI era photos but the car number I think is 14193, which means it was built in 1901 as part of series 14000-14199, 40 foot.   These were retired in the '30s.  I've attached another photo of a car in this series, 14191, with a single stone column blank at Stinesville Quarry.

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Mike Aufderheide
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George Lortz

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Re: WWI Involvement
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2014, 10:12:11 am »
Mike,

Good eyes.  I couldn't quite make out the number in the photo. The original was in pretty bad shape and I tried to enhance it somewhat.

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