Forgive me if this topic has been posted before, I did look and did not find anything. Im going to just get to the question; are there any surviving C&O Hy-rail trucks left with their hy-rail gear on? It doesnt matter if its restored or not. Thanks!

The gear is expendable. Anything of that era will be Fairmont 0307, and it came in 2 flavors: with or without gears. The cosmetic differences are quite minimal. You want gears. Heck, you want EZ-Lift, even though that modification was post-C&O. EZ-Lift saves you hernias by converting the final heavy-lift motion from up to down.

The unobtanium is the highway wheels and the steering lock kit, and any peculiar decking that it might have had over the gear.

Okay, thanks for the info! Thats interesting!