205 What is it / Where did it come from?
It's time for a new feature: 205 What is it / Where did it come from? There's a wide variety of parts stored inside the 205, most of which come from the car itself (mainly interior fixtures and trim) but some of which most certainly don't. We'd like help in identifying some of these items so that, hopefully, a good home can be found for them. Please comment or e-mail if you have any ideas on what this stuff is - thanks!
For our first entry, the "where did it come from?" question has already been answered. Written in marker on this piece is "#2 end car 21," which refers to Yakima Valley Traction car 21, a Master Unit built by American in 1930. Car 21 was owned by Bob Hively, the same person who owned the 205, for years and it's likely that at least some of the mystery parts inside the 205 are from this car. The 21 is currently located in Yakima, WA, so it would be nice to return this item to that group - but what in the world is it? Any ideas? (And does anyone have a contact with the Yakima group?)
Our second entry is opposite of the first: we know what it is (is it a door? or is it ajar?) but have no idea whatosever where it came from. It's a rather aged wooden door with one rail detached; from the size it certainly appears to have likely come from an interurban (i.e. it's really small) but we have no idea what car it might have come from. It's certainly not from a Yakima Master Unit; other equipment stored along with 205 at one point or another include interurban cars from BCER and Pacific Northwest Traction, as well as the ex-Interstate sleeping car and a line car from Portland Traction. Any ideas?
Here's our third entry. My best guess is that it's a sand filler spout, but does anyone know? And what might it be off of?
For our fourth entry we have this cast junction box-looking thing. Cast into its face are "RALCO" / "CAT No 21" / "30 AMP 250 V". Any ideas? I have no idea whether this is off the 205 (quite possible) or not.
I have no clue about this one. It's a small piece of brass painted white on one side and light green on the other, shaped like a quarter circle, with a groove cut in the radius. The penny is included for scale.
For our first entry, the "where did it come from?" question has already been answered. Written in marker on this piece is "#2 end car 21," which refers to Yakima Valley Traction car 21, a Master Unit built by American in 1930. Car 21 was owned by Bob Hively, the same person who owned the 205, for years and it's likely that at least some of the mystery parts inside the 205 are from this car. The 21 is currently located in Yakima, WA, so it would be nice to return this item to that group - but what in the world is it? Any ideas? (And does anyone have a contact with the Yakima group?)
Our second entry is opposite of the first: we know what it is (is it a door? or is it ajar?) but have no idea whatosever where it came from. It's a rather aged wooden door with one rail detached; from the size it certainly appears to have likely come from an interurban (i.e. it's really small) but we have no idea what car it might have come from. It's certainly not from a Yakima Master Unit; other equipment stored along with 205 at one point or another include interurban cars from BCER and Pacific Northwest Traction, as well as the ex-Interstate sleeping car and a line car from Portland Traction. Any ideas?
Here's our third entry. My best guess is that it's a sand filler spout, but does anyone know? And what might it be off of?
For our fourth entry we have this cast junction box-looking thing. Cast into its face are "RALCO" / "CAT No 21" / "30 AMP 250 V". Any ideas? I have no idea whether this is off the 205 (quite possible) or not.
I have no clue about this one. It's a small piece of brass painted white on one side and light green on the other, shaped like a quarter circle, with a groove cut in the radius. The penny is included for scale.
The right hand picture has what "appears" to be a typical door latch striker plate (at the top), but how/why such an item would be in such an odd shaped piece is beyond me
ReplyDeleteIs it possible the piece with the striker plate originally was part of a "medicine cabinet-type box" that once held a fire extinguisher or some sort of specialized piece of equipment or tool?
ReplyDeleteI think that the third photo is of a cover used where a cable passed through a roof.
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