Reply To: What’s this car used for?

[David Boeschen]

One thing that’s apparent is that this is a very old car. It has truss rods, archbar trucks and body-mounted brake beams.

Without speculating on exactly what its function was, the car seems to be associated with wreck service. One guess is that the boxcar-like structure in the center of the car contained equipment that needed protection, perhaps chains or tools.

Somewhere I’ve seen an equipment summary for MoW equipment from about 1949, but I can’t come up with it now.

RG7