Re: wood cars in Montana

As I understand it, getting a railroad to touch them is really the key issue with wooden cars. I would presume that those cars would need to be trucked from Montana to Alamosa. I don't even want to think about the kind of repairs they would need for service on a tourist line...ouch!

I think O Anderson may have a point...it does sometimes feel like the CATS and NNG forum at time. Still, I visit regularly as I love the updates on RGS 20, the new EBT trucks, and everything else like that.

Michael



szuiderveen Wrote:
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> Mike,
>
> I think I can speak with some authority on this,
> the FRA/ICC has not banned wood passenger cars per
> se. There is a list of banned components in the
> Freight Car regulation, Part 215. If what you say
> were true, the fully general system Strasburg Rail
> Road would be out of business.
>
> Amtrak has banned steel-sheeted cars from PV
> service, but I can think of a fair number of
> steel-sheeted cars on short line general system
> railroads.
>
> Steve Zuiderveen