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By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:1/31/1951 - 12/31/1987
Album Info:Here are several photos of Sperry Rail Service Detector Cars. The photographer's name, the Car's road number, the date, and the location are cited when available.
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Sperry Rail Service #130, #1 of 5, c. 1987
Title:  Sperry Rail Service #130, #1 of 5, c. 1987
Description:  SRS. Here is the first of five original 35mm color slides of Sperry Rail Service Detector Car #130, a "Doodlebug" built by the St. Louis Car Company during November of 1925. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  6/21/1987  Upload Date: 4/4/2021 2:29:16 PM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SRS 130(Doodlebug)
Views:  218   Comments: 0
Sperry Rail Service #130, #2 of 5, c. 1987
Title:  Sperry Rail Service #130, #2 of 5, c. 1987
Description:  SRS. Here is the second of five original 35mm color slides of Sperry Rail Service Detector Car #130, a "Doodlebug" built by the St. Louis Car Company during November of 1925. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  6/21/1987  Upload Date: 4/4/2021 2:33:02 PM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SRS 130(Doodlebug)
Views:  255   Comments: 0
Sperry Rail Service #132, c. 1970
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
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Locomotives:  SRS 132(Doodlebug) RDG 5205(C424)
Views:  264   Comments: 0
Sperry Rail Service #132, 1979
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)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
Sperry Rail Service #132, #1 of 2, 1986
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)
Views:  140   Comments: 0
Sperry Rail Service #132, #2 of 2, 1986
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)
Views:  126   Comments: 0
Sperry Rail Service #136, c. 1970
Title:  Sperry Rail Service #136, c. 1970
Description:  SRS. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of Sperry Rail Service Detector Car #136, a "Doodlebug" built by Brill as a New York City M-11 subway car in 1928 and acquired by SRS on 19 April 1948. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  1/23/1970  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 7:34:54 AM
Location:  Bliss, ID
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  SRS 136(Doodlebug)
Views:  208   Comments: 0
Sperry Rail Service #140, 1975
Title:  Sperry Rail Service #140, 1975
Description:  SRS. Here is an original photo that I took in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, on 11 May 1975. Shown gere is Sperry Rail Service Detector Car #140, a "Doodlebug" built by the St. Louis Car Company during 1963. It's parked on one leg of a wye that once surrounded the Nennsylvania Railroad's Passenger Station in Tyrone.
Photo Date:  5/11/1975  Upload Date: 8/1/2016 5:36:16 AM
Location:  Tyrone, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SRS 140(Doodlebug)
Views:  960   Comments: 0
Sperry Rail Service #144, 1980
Title:  Sperry Rail Service #144, 1980
Description:  SRS. Here is an original 35mm color slide by Alan Miller that was taken in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 4 April 1980. Shown here is Sperry Rail Service Detector Car #144.
Photo Date:  4/4/1980  Upload Date: 10/28/2021 9:46:01 PM
Location:  Salt Lake City, UT
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SRS 144(MoW Equipment)
Views:  165   Comments: 0
Sperry Rail Service #146, 1987
Title:  Sperry Rail Service #146, 1987
Description:  SRS. Here is an original 35mm color slide by Donald R. Halffield, Sr., that was taken in Eola, Illinois, on 21 May 1987. Shown here is Sperry Rail Service Detector Car #146.
Photo Date:  5/21/1987  Upload Date: 8/15/2019 1:55:34 AM
Location:  Eola, IL
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SRS 146(Doodlebug)
Views:  247   Comments: 0


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