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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. [Before "Blackout" ~> 26 Entries]
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Sperry Rail Service #119, c. 1946
Title:  Sperry Rail Service #119, c. 1946
Description:  Here is an original photo of Sperry Rail Service Rail Detector Car #119. It was built by the St. Louis Car Company as Baltimore & Ohio Railroad "Doodlebug" number "6003" in 1926, then purchased by Sperry and renumbered "119" in October of 1933. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded. Roy Healey Collection.
Photo Date:  8/15/1946  Upload Date: 6/17/2025 2:41:56 AM
Location:  St. Louis, MO
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  SRS 119(Doodlebug)
Views:  13   Comments: 0
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:  451   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:  472   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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SRS 132(Doodlebug) RDG 5205(C424)
Views:  585   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:  349   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:  397   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:  362   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:  432   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:  1185   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:  375   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:  437   Comments: 0


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