Re: Early Georgetown Loop / CHS car acquisiton trivia

Will Gant Wrote:
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> Not going too be much original wood left. Metal
> hardware is left though

How true! The only wood part of 6302 that is even remotely intact is one side sill. Every other part f the frame is broken and/or rotted away in multiple places. The poor car would not even roll off the trailer when it arrived, it just bent to conform to the angle of the trailer and the track no matter how much the trucker tilted the trailer up. Watching it be moved by a locomotive was an interesting experience, despite moving in every possible direction at once, 6302 stayed together. It is amazing how strong the wood cars actually are.


Jason Midyette