[milwaukee-electric] Re: Devil's Teapot photo update

[Larry Allan]

One more image of entire work car.
On 10/18/09, Larry Allan <lallan45 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Don, Attached is a closer view of the workcar in image 001
>
> On 10/18/09, Don L. Leistikow <DLeistikow at webtv.net> wrote:
>> Ken and list:   Back in WW 1 days, TMER&L fielded some really odd
>> looking work rolling stock.
>>
>> Historically, they obtained some standard (of the day) flat cars, which
>> were converted and revised as time wore on.  Obviously, they added a
>> round end to the square end sill, for the purpose of making these cars
>> able to acutally train (with flats) through the streets of Milwaukee.
>> Remember that the Cold Spring Shops was built in 1913 as, KK was no
>> longer able to keep up with street railway expansion.
>>
>>
>> KK had been the original heavy duty shop up to that time.  Whereas CSS
>> was only  connected to the street railway lines and to the CM&StP
>> railway, the ability to negotiate the system required that all cars be
>> able go around the 90* corners.
>>
>> To view how this was done, find the TMER&L  E 58 flat car which was at
>> East Troy and is now at IRM, if my information is correct.  Looking
>> underneath the car ends, you will see how TM applied the round ends and
>> coupler mountings.  Then again, someone may have photos of this car
>> laying on its back at East Troy's Phantom Woods yard.   If so, please
>> post same.
>>
>> Now, the photo of a work car at the Devil's Tea Pot, may well have been
>> one of these RR flat cars that had been motorized with a small cab on
>> each end.  A careful look at this car impresses me as on of those early
>> and cheap conversions.  The original square end with poling sockets
>> seems to be in that photo.  That car would have been an early D series
>> work motor.
>>
>> If anyone has a sharp photo image, please enlarge to see if I'm correct
>> in my conclusion.
>>
>>
>> Don
>>
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