Thursday, October 09, 2014

From Chic Silber #5


9 comments:

GaryHill said...

Jewell News Lions shared one with Elvin's rocket..

Chic Silber said...


Looking through this tunnel car

the next looks to be a bilevel

(huh Gary)

Chic Silber said...


Nowadays the auto transport cars

are covered bi & trilevel based

on which routes they travel due

to height restrictions (similar

cars are used on the AutoTrain)

Roger Smith said...

I saw the cats loaded into a tunnel car in 1970. My immediate concern was, how the hell does a cagehand get in there to at least give water? There was no way to wield a cage rake for cleaning, and upon asking, I was told there was no lighting in the car to allow for safe cage work, even if it could be tried.

Chic Silber said...


There was sufficient room to get

by the cages in the tunnel cars

I recall Charly's tigers being

watered during the water stops

by flashlight but not very often

They were fed during long trips

Cleanouts were something else

Chic Silber said...


At least 1 tunnel car had panels

that could open or slide to gain

access to the cages

GaryHill said...

Charlys tigers rode under the bus and cars and it was very close quarters..every water stop I would bang my head so I traded with Rob Bush and I would water the lions and he watered the tigers...sometimes cages were loaded with shavings for longer hauls..

Chic Silber said...


Thanks Gary for the verification

At times I question my memories

Chic Silber said...


Where were the lions loaded Gary