You folks may remember the stunning success story of the restoration of Virginia & Truckee McKeen Car 22, unveiled last October in Carson City and reported on here as being prepared for final completion in April 2010, with a dedication on May 10th:
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http://museums.nevadaculture.org/dmdocu ... McKeen.pdf [NOTE: Adobe PDF document]
Well, the V&T has apparently decided to take this a step further.
We recently heard from associates who contacted us at the Baltimore Streetcar Museum regarding what we had on handicapped-access ("differently-abled," whatever, I ain't playing the PC game) conversion work, as we had planned for our former El Paso/San Jose PCC "7303". I referred them over to the Wilmington & Western, who had done some work in the past towards adapting a former PRR MP54 with a wheelchair lift.
Long story short, it seems the V&T is looking to build a trailer for the McKeen Car which would serve as a handicapped-accessible passenger conveyance. The basis for the plans will be the trailers McKeen built for their own cars. A photo of one of these trailers, built for the Southern Pacific, is attached below. (That truck will be a hoot to fabricate.)
More on the project is supposed to be posted at their website, at http://museums.nevadaculture.org/dmdocu ... roject.htm
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