Worldwide Narrow Gauges > Massachusetts' Two Footers
Remaining SR&RL, BS&R, and WW&F rolling stock and engines still at Edaville?
Mike Fox:
From the pictures, #21 still looks like it is in great shape. Same with the caboose. Those are not freight trucks under the caboose. Look like some kind of passenger car truck. Any info on that?
Matthew Gustafson:
To bad that caboose and coach #21 are from the SR&RL not the WW&F because they would both look good at the WW&F railroad with WW&F coachs #3 & #8! ::) :D ;D
James Patten:
The trucks underneath the cars are not Maine Two Footer trucks, they are something different. While I haven't seen them myself, I'm told everything sits higher.
There was an auction several years ago as part of a bank foreclosure, at which time I believe we were the successful bidder on #21. Then someone came forward with plenty of money and offered to pay the whole owed amount and the bank took them up on it, so we only owned it for about 2 hours. This was the expected outcome. We were also successful bidders on 202 and the coach that became coach 8. Eventually we purchased them seperately.
Stephen Hussar:
--- Quote from: James Patten on January 06, 2009, 07:26:58 AM ---The trucks underneath the cars are not Maine Two Footer trucks, they are something different. While I haven't seen them myself, I'm told everything sits higher.
--- End quote ---
If I remember correctly, all of the new stuff at Edaville was built by Hamilton Mfg of Burlington, WA -- including the trucks, and extra "truck kits." These are not the best looking things and as James says, everything does sit up higher than we're used to.
These are pictures of new coaches that Hamilton built for the WP&Y
Duncan Mackiewicz:
Stephen,
The car bodies look so nice and strong framed-out in steel tubing. However, I think they lose some of the charm by not framing them in wood. I suspect many members of our museum would have a coronary if we framed-out new cars that way instead of using wood.
Duncan
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