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Citation: Charlton, E. Harper: <b>Railway Car Builders of the United States
and Canada, </b>published as Interurbans Special 24 in 1957: "CLARK
CAR CO., PITTSBURGH, PA. ACTIVE DURING 20'S. Hoppers, Dumps, etc. of standard
railroad types." No further information in this reference source.
<p>Fred S.
<p>Charles Brown wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Greetings!
<p>In going thru the PR workcar roster, I found 6 cars that were built
by
<br>the Clark Car Company in 1914. They are dump cars M500-M505.
M502 was
<br>later converted into workcar M541. This is the car that has the
<br>unusally large diameter wheels which was mentioned several weeks ago
(in
<br>case any of you actually read postings about workcars). Thru
the
<br>generousity of Bill Vigrass and Bob Schmidt, I now have a photo of
the
<br>car which clearly shows the large wheels (many thanks Bill and Bob).
<p>My question is: Did the Clark Car Company primarily build dump
cars for
<br>mainline railroad service rather than trolley companies? That
might
<br>explain why the wheels are so large. And does anyone have any
history
<br>of this company? I checked the Railway Car Builders of the US
and
<br>Canada book and found their listing which simply stated "Active during
<br>'20's, Hoppers, Dumps, etc. of standard railroad types." I seem
to
<br>recall that they went on to build some weird looking trucks for some
<br>fancy-schmancy streamlined cars.
<p>Charlie
<p>Charlesebrown@webtv.net</blockquote>
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