NCDOT ex-Barnum and Bailey Cars Burn

mcgrath618 · **Joined:** Mon Feb 15, 2021 6:54 pm **Posts:** 231

https://www.wral.com/isolated-barnum-ba ... /20180017/

What was the heritage of these cars? Was anything irreplaceable lost?

wilkinsd · **Posted:** Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:49 pm

This'll become a real media circus.

Mount Royal · **Posted:** Thu Mar 10, 2022 3:00 pm

wilkinsd wrote:

This'll become a real media circus.

I see what you did there. LOL

nedsn3 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 10, 2022 6:27 pm

They just "caught fire" according to the news. Right. Some dingbat set them on fire. Too bad they were decent cars at one time. Taxpayer owned now wasted.

Richard Glueck · **Posted:** Thu Mar 10, 2022 6:28 pm

Cut the clowning, guys.

wilkinsd · **Posted:** Thu Mar 10, 2022 7:58 pm

Richard Glueck wrote:

Cut the clowning, guys.

I’m not your dancing bear!

jayrod · **Posted:** Thu Mar 10, 2022 8:26 pm

I’d have jumped through hoops to have them.

Richard Glueck · **Posted:** Thu Mar 10, 2022 8:58 pm

The real issue here is the "elephant in the room".

scratchyX1 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 14, 2020 12:17 pm **Posts:** 159

Richard Glueck wrote:

The real issue here is the "elephant in the room".

This is as depressing as pink Floyd's animals

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Thu Mar 10, 2022 11:18 pm

Photos:

https://www.facebook.com/NashCountySO/p ... 3865185763

Tavor · **Joined:** Fri Dec 21, 2012 4:32 pm **Posts:** 200

Well, that's actually quite sad. Probably arson. Anyone need any trucks?

junior · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2022 12:57 am

Not accidental. Did they burn so badly due to their interiors being redone over the years with common household materials like drywall and cheap lumber? Seems like the fire was SUPER hot from inside.

Mark Hedges · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2022 3:40 pm

Very unfortunate. Did they all burn? I'm hoping at least 1 or two didn't and can possibly be donated to NCTM or another group.

Really not the best idea to have these in non secured storage for so long. There was no other place to keep them?

Kelly Anderson · **Joined:** Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:52 am **Posts:** 2477

davew833 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2022 4:49 pm

Too bad NCDOT didn't choose to rebuild them. The ex-UP and other classic streamliner cars they rebuilt for regional passenger service a few years back turned out very nice.