Fwd: Mystery object...

[Jules Richardson]

Rod Smallwood wrote:
> It looks like a 1940's tele-printer or fax station. Could what appears to be
> a train actually be a DC3 of Northwest Airlines? If it's a train then it's
> not a UK one. Wrong sort of windows and no signs that big on any UK train.

You might be on to something about the Northwest Airlines; I thought it looked 
more like a train carriage (sides too straight for most plane fuselages) - but 
then someone over on TNMoC found a photo of a Boing 377 which is remarkably 
slab-sided (and would fit date-wise).

There almost looks to be some sort of line/join across the top, just above the 
'T' (which in itself is rather obscured by the foreground window) - seems a 
little out of place on a streamlined plane fuselage (and therefore more in 
keeping with a railway carriage), but maybe it's just paintwork.

Afraid it's unknown as to which country the photo was taken in :-(

> The oblong console windows seem to have some sort of printer behind them.
> The square windows have what looks like paper tape punches or high speed
> tape readers behind them. 

Yes, I'm not sure if they're control logic or just some sort of I/O device 
with acoustic shrouds fitted.

cheers

Jules