Terry Harper Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 A hidden gem in Maine is the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway. Here is a great video of their model T railcar in action. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 What a cool video. Looks quits top heavy on that narrow gauge track. I was wondering what that was hanging down from mid chassis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Harper Posted May 15 Author Share Posted May 15 (edited) 1 hour ago, JACK M said: What a cool video. Looks quits top heavy on that narrow gauge track. I was wondering what that was hanging down from mid chassis. Yes, Traveling miles in reverse in a model T wouldn't rank high on the fun scale! (LOL) Edited May 15 by Terry Harper (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Harper Posted May 15 Author Share Posted May 15 Here is a video of some of the other treasures the model T railcar shares the line with. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1939_Buick Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Another Ford Model T rail car in New Zealand https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/109991693/model-t-ford-railcar-offers-museum-visitors-a-glimpse-into-the-past 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 A friend of mine out here in California has helped with a couple rail museum's restorations of model T railcars. He is a railroad buff as well as model T and model A Fords and a 1916ish Dodge. Just another area of history to go crazy studying. So much fascinating stuff in the history of the automobile! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepher Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Pretty neat stuff. Plenty of cars had been converted to rail cars back in the day. Even though that T rail car might not have a ton of power or go very fast, it sure beats walking! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 On 5/15/2024 at 1:26 PM, JACK M said: I was wondering what that was hanging down from mid chassis. If you look at the 4 minute mark on the video you will see that it is a jack to turn the car around 180degrees. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAV8427 Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Modern track maintenace equiptment uses the same thing. We have built 18000# frames that pick themselves up and turn around. Mind you thats just the frame weight so much more added and really not a hand crank to do it. 1 hour ago, Larry Schramm said: If you look at the 4 minute mark on the video you will see that it is a jack to turn the car around 180degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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