Clark Car Company

[Fred W. Schneider III]

Citation: Charlton, E. Harper: Railway Car Builders of the United States and
Canada, 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.

Fred S.

Charles Brown wrote:

> Greetings!
>
> In going thru the PR workcar roster, I found 6 cars that were built by
> the Clark Car Company in 1914.  They are dump cars M500-M505.  M502 was
> later converted into workcar M541.  This is the car that has the
> unusally large diameter wheels which was mentioned several weeks ago (in
> case any of you actually read postings about workcars).  Thru the
> generousity of Bill Vigrass and Bob Schmidt, I now have a photo of the
> car which clearly shows the large wheels (many thanks Bill and Bob).
>
> My question is:  Did the Clark Car Company primarily build dump cars for
> mainline railroad service rather than trolley companies?  That might
> explain why the wheels are so large.  And does anyone have any history
> of this company?  I checked the Railway Car Builders of the US and
> Canada book and found their listing which simply stated "Active during
> '20's, Hoppers, Dumps, etc. of standard railroad types."  I seem to
> recall that they went on to build some weird looking trucks for some
> fancy-schmancy streamlined cars.
>
> Charlie
>
> Charlesebrown at webtv.net
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