Outside of my era but it’s calling me!
Better watch the clearances on sharp turns!
Reminiscent of the Pipe Gons on the D&RGW. Old news…sort of.
first i wondered, why they stapled the logs so high.
after i read your comment i looked again.
by using the vertical logs at the sides, the load is not so broad.
and from the end of the logs to above of the trucks is about the same lenth as from the trucks to the middle of the fishbelly.
seems, that they had a guy, who thinks similar as you.
Do it !! No balls !!!
Makes me wonder what they were going to be used for they look way too long for power poles, maybe sailing ship masts.
Anybody have an idea?
Exactly! It’s the use of the upright poles that make it so interesting to me.
Maybe wood piles. Tapered similar to wood piles.
The above from Delaware online. I also see them in use coming out of Holtwood on the Susquehanna
Depending on the era you model that NP gon might actually still be around. The first flat is a BN flat so it’s got that going for it. And I would suspect that BN kept a few of those drop gons around for a while.
Built in '67, photo taken '77. I may stretch out an Aristo and do it. I think it would look pretty cool on the club layout at shows.