ChuckAllen, TX
QUOTE: Originally posted by gvdobler more probable if it were an O scale Lionel type.
QUOTE: Originally posted by FundyNorthern It might possibly be a car to detect rough handling,
QUOTE: Originally posted by dinwitty I tend to think the car had some aperatus from the wheels, and the former owner removed it, perhaps caused too many accidents...? hehe might not even be the original shell
QUOTE: Originally posted by cefinkjr QUOTE: Originally posted by dinwitty I tend to think the car had some aperatus from the wheels, and the former owner removed it, perhaps caused too many accidents...? hehe might not even be the original shell I think you're right that this mechanism (whatever it is) was driven from the wheels. The large, unusual holes in the floor would have allowed rubber bands around the axles to pass around the horizontal shafts. You're probably also right that the former owner removed the axle drive. Even if it didn't cause a lot of derailments, it probably acted like an anchor and slid more than rolled. I tend to think that this is the original shell though. At least, it's the only 40' box car I've ever seen with a slot under the roof walk. Chuck
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Kiva Valley Railway- Freelanced road in central Arizona. Visit the link to see my MR forum thread on The Building of the Whitton Branch on the Kiva Valley Railway