Workcar roster

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

	Don't have much in the way of work equipment but Railroad Avenue
Enterprizes (RRE) photo #PN12633 shows an old line car for the
interurbans passing 1703 on the Washington line.  The floor of this line
car is about 6-9 inches lower than the belt rail on the PCC!
	Also from RRE #PN12670 shows M555 passing 1701 on the Washington line. 
The end platforms are lower than the floor over the trucks but this was
standard trolleycar practice at the turn of the century.  This appears
to be some kind of small crane car.  Neither photo shows the trucks
clearly.
	No side frames on the trucks at all?  Wheels totally exposed?  Wonder
if it was strictly a trailer.
	The freight motors F1-F4 were former W&C interurban cars converted and
they probably had their trucks changed out for the wheels under the
freight motor look quite large - at least 33-inch.
	Don't forget that while equipment might be set aside for service on the
interurbans, both Charleroi and Washington operated through street
trackage and both used standard trolleycar girder rail for sharp turns
in streets in downtown Washington and in the yard at Charleroi.  Those
very large wheels might be difficult on the track.

Charles Brown wrote:

> Just a few more notes about the mystery motor flat.  It was located at
> the rear of Shannon yard and the bed was notably higher than surrouding
> similar cars.  The wheels were at least 33 inch diameter and possibly
> even 36 inches and were not set in arch-bar frames.  It did not have the
> usual Eclipse fender.  Speculation is that it might have been fabricated
> using one of the old high floor wooden monsters of the 1910-20 era and
> that it might have been used primarily for work on the interurban lines.

James B. Holland
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