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June 7, 2019 at 10:52 am
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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
