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| Author: | Frank Hicks [ Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Work car body - Pueblo, CO |
Does anyone on RyPN have any information on something that appears to be a street railway work car body located off of Victoria Avenue between B & C Streets in Pueblo, CO? It's easily visible on Google Street View by typing in 370 S Victoria Ave and appears to be some sort of work car body. Any info appreciated; thanks! http://maps.google.com/maps?q=370+s+vic ... Gbm3hpDknw Frank Hicks |
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| Author: | car57 [ Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Work car body - Pueblo, CO |
No information, but its certainly looks like a street car of some sort, and whats up with the British telephone box too ! Mike Pannell Cheyenne |
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| Author: | wesp [ Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Work car body - Pueblo, CO |
The American Chicken Coop database list a home built work car body as being "restored by the Historical Society." No traction company name is listed. http://www.erha.org/coop_files/coopc.htm Wesley |
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| Author: | trolleyira [ Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Work car body - Pueblo, CO |
It is a former Denver Tramway yard shunter. It was used to move trailers around the yard and as a general work car. It had a short life as a coffee bar on the 16th Street Mall in Denver before winding up in Pueblo. |
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| Author: | Les Beckman [ Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Work car body - Pueblo, CO |
trolleyira wrote: It is a former Denver Tramway yard shunter. Interesting. Did it have a road number? Does someone have an in-service photo? Les |
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| Author: | o anderson [ Sat Jan 28, 2012 2:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Work car body - Pueblo, CO |
It may have served as a yard switcher, but it looks an awful lot like it started life as a McGuire-Cummins snow sweeper. See Don Ross's Denver Tramways photos http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/dr0107/dt18.jpg http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/dr2234.htm |
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| Author: | Frank Hicks [ Sat Jan 28, 2012 2:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Work car body - Pueblo, CO |
The roof profile and window layout doesn't look quite right for McGuire-Cummings standard sweepers like the ones posted above but both bear a striking resemblance to these double-truck snow sweepers, which look more like Brills: http://davesrailpix.com/dentram/htm/dt145.htm http://davesrailpix.com/dentram/htm/dt147.htm I'm not very familiar with the Denver Tramways roster but I know that other lines had similar snow sweepers designed to be used as either sweepers or work motors. |
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| Author: | J3a-614 [ Sat Jan 28, 2012 3:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Work car body - Pueblo, CO |
"The roof profile and window layout doesn't look quite right for McGuire-Cummings standard sweepers like the ones posted above but both bear a striking resemblance to these double-truck snow sweepers, which look more like Brills:"--Frank Hicks Not just the windows, the doors, too, including one at the end that I first thought was a post-rail service modification, but which turns out was part of the car in service. But !!@#$%^&!!! that blue van that's in the way, keeping us from getting a really good look at the thing! |
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| Author: | trolleyira [ Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Work car body - Pueblo, CO |
Yes, it started life as a snow sweeper. IIRC, it was 720 but I am not sure of the actual number. |
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