A Doodlebug

[tesarver]

So you may wonder what a Doodlebug is. I know I did when I I heard it. Some facts on the Doodlebug. There are only 12 left in existence and 3 are operational. This is one of the 3 that is located in Kutztown, Pa, which is a 45 min drive from my house. So what is a Doodlebug? A doodlebug or hoodlebug is a name for a type of self-propelled railcar most commonly configured with both a passenger and freight compartment

The SWMBO and I went out to ride the Allentown & Auburn Railroad in Kutztown. I took along the EOS M4 with the new Tamron 18-400. If you want to see more images of the day's event as how the Tamron did, you can view them on my FB Account

The Doodlebug:

Doodlebug by tesarver, on Flickr
f/6.3 @ 227mm, ISO 500, 1/320

Doodlebug by tesarver, on Flickr
24mm @ f/5.0, ISO 100, 1/125

Doodlebug by tesarver, on Flickr
18mm @ f/5.0, ISO 100, 1/160


Comments Welcomed

Tom

[ctrollen]

Re: A Doodlebug

Interesting Tom, and some nice shots.

For me, the word doodlebug conjures up firstly the V1 rocket from WW2, and secondly some kind of beetle that I vaguely remember from my childhood. I'd never have associated it with a railcar in a million years!

[tesarver]

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Thanks for stopping by Chris

[colin C]

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A Doodlebug is a 1940's German vengeance weapon, the flying bomb, designed to bomb the crap out of London and other south coast cities.

I much prefer your version Tom, far less scary!

[EOS_User]

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That's an interesting piece of kit Tom...

Useless fact of the day part 2... Doodlebugs are also ant-lion larvae! Your's is just a tad bigger

[Nathaniel]

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Nice series Tom. Thanks for sharing.

[enneo]

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Great images and story Tom

[tesarver]

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Thanks Colin, Lee, Nat and Derek for stopping by

Tom

[@imagesBV]

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My first thought was the misile as you would this side of the pond....an interesting piece of living history there....thanks for sharing the history....nice images too.
Looks like that lens is a good investment.....I'm thinking about how I take out three lenses to get that range!

[@imagesBV]

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Tom....you're FB link didn't work when I tried it?

[tesarver]

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Thanks Brian, the FB link worked for me, what error message did you get?

[@imagesBV]

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This page is not available

https://www.facebook.com/thomas.sarver/media_set?set=a.10209799003667961.1073742566.1118035531&type=3&comment_id=10209801272284675&notif_t=photo_album_comment&notif_id=1500897392793699

[tesarver]

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Are you on FB? I get in ok when I click on it and the permissions are set to public.

[bobowen]

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Tom,

Fantastic shots of a very interesting piece of railway history.

The lens looks good as well!

The was a British Steam Locomotive nicknamed 'Doodlebug' by some - Ivatt Class 4- of which one, 43016 - is preserved on the Severn Valley Railway in the UK. I've some images of it somewhere (probably slides!).

[tesarver]

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Thanks Bob