July 21, 2018 at 3:11 am #8888

benjamintickell53

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Charlie,
I had a crank on each of my M9 motorcars, but we almost NEVER started them with a crank. If they backfired, it could break your arm if you lost your grip on the crank, or so I was told. We always push started the car.

The photos of Mopac M9 C-6364 were taken on April 22, 1989 on the Clarksville AR branch, possibly the last run of a “rail” vehicle over the line. This line had been officially abandoned in late 1988, and a rail had been pulled at Clarksville Junction in January 1989, effectively isolating the 8.1 mile line and precluding any train movement over the line. A group bid on the line with a proposal to continue freight operation and a tourist train, but an out of state scrapper had a higher bid and was awarded the contract to remove the line. Scrapping operations began in May 1989.

Bill Pollard

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