Work Equipment

[Fred W. Schneider III]

WHERE IS M210, THE LINE CAR BUILT IN 1940 PARTLY FROM A 4300 (I THINK --06).

Jim Holland wrote:

> Greetings!
>
>         Using an outside system, I went in to look at my email.  PBI is
> absolutely pathetic - will be changing ISP sometime this year.
>
>         At any rate, I noticed your two letters concerning the work equipment,
> one direct to me.  I looked at my copies and they are probably just as
> bad as yours - I have to guess at the total number of work equipment
> which looks like 511.  Many of the scribbled entries cannot be read.
>
>         I quickly scanned thru the list and the following cars were the only
> work equipment 1950 and forward, with a fair number scrapped in the
> 1950s; only 35 work cars in this list out of a total of 511 work cars:::
>
> M018    McGuire Sweeper
> M024    McGuire Sweeper
> M026    McGuire Sweeper
> M028    McGuire Sweeper
> M036    McGuire Sweeper
> M037    McGuire Sweeper
> M050    McGuire Sweeper
> M051    McGuire Sweeper
> M052    McGuire Sweeper
> M053    McGuire Sweeper
> M054    McGuire Sweeper
> M055    McGuire Sweeper
> M056    McGuire Sweeper
> M127    Wreck
> M130    Wreck
> M132    Wreck
> M133    Traffic Paint
> M196    Tow Car
> M200    Tow Car
> M212    Tower Car
> M282    Crane Car
> M401    Flat
> M450    Snow Scraper
> M453    Snow Scraper
> M454 Snow Scraper
> M456 Snow Scraper
> M457 Snow Scraper
> M458 Snow Scraper
> M541    Loco for rail car
> M546    Rail Grinder
> M552    Dump
> M555    Dump
> M701    Rail Car
> F8      Freight / Snow Plow
> F9      Freight / Snow Plow
>
>         I did not include M1276 since I am only interested in equipment up to
> 1950 and this one was converted later.  Additionally, 5432 was converted
> to a Traffic and Paint Car in the mid-1950s after M133 was disposed of.
>
>         And many work cars were disposed of very early in their careers.  Would
> take some work but it would be interesting to see how many work cars
> were actually in service in any one-year period.
>
> James B. Holland
>
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