{"id":3848,"date":"2024-08-18T10:59:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T15:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/?p=3848"},"modified":"2024-08-18T10:59:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T15:59:55","slug":"the-other-side-of-alm-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/2024\/08\/18\/the-other-side-of-alm-61\/","title":{"rendered":"The Other Side of A&LM #61"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

That little Mogul that we saw last week is, to my eye, a very interesting locomotive. In case you missed it, you can see that post here<\/a>. Despite its small size, it is jam-packed with lots of detail. Fortunately Robert W. Richardson saw it fit to record the other side of the machine, and I’ve decided to feature that image today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I don’t see anything unusual or “extra” on this locomotive, but because of it’s diminutive size, the appliances and piping are condensed into a smaller space, thus giving it that busy, detailed appearance. I admit to simply liking its look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re in Bastrop, Louisiana on May 3rd of 1946. This would be a Friday, and I’m wondering what the conversation is between the crewman (likely the fireman) and the lady wearing her apron. Perhaps he’s asking his wife what will be for supper. Or is she asking him to pick up certain groceries on his way home from work?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That little Mogul that we saw last week is, to my eye, a very interesting locomotive. In case you missed it, you can see that post here. Despite its small size, it is jam-packed with lots of detail. Fortunately Robert … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos-i-like","category-railfanning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3848"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3852,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3848\/revisions\/3852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}