PRR F36 Saved

Scott Kwiatkowski · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2016 11:20 am

RYPN’ers,

Probably 4-5 years ago John Frantz clued me in on a PRR F36 at the Metso Minerals machine shop in York, PA. I was able to get in contact with the plant manager and explained my interest in the car. He told me that they were actively using the car to store large machinery parts but would keep my info on file if something changed.

Unfortunately, it did, last fall John Frantz called to let me know that, Metso decided to close down the facility in York. After some time had passed since the announcement of the closer I reached back out to the plant manager as to the disposition of the car. He explained that they were sorting through all that with the closure and in early 2016 I reached an agreement to purchase the car.

So with the usual precision of WJ Casey Trucking and Rigging of Branchburg, New Jersey, this 50’, long 6 axle, 125 ton capacity flat car was trucked back to NJ. So how do you truck a very deep angled center sill flat car, you flip it over.

Overall the car is in very good shape, I’ll need some angle cocks, restore about a foot or two of the train line. Some cut levers and vertical brake wheels, I have one need another and paint.

The Conrail number is 770506, just need to track down the PRR number. There is still some Penn Central green underneath or on top depending when you looking at it.

Scott

UT OH! now what do we do?

Upside down cake.

Watch your toes!

Almost there.

Ta-Dah!

Dougvv · **Joined:** Sat Aug 21, 2004 10:52 pm **Posts:** 914

Hi,

Great news!!!

Doug vV

Richard Glueck · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2016 11:29 am

Keepin' the Pennsy alive, Scott! Well done!

robertjohndavis · **Joined:** Mon Aug 23, 2004 8:10 am **Posts:** 2499

Congrats, Scott. Your efforts continue to impress!

Dave Lewandoski · **Joined:** Sun Aug 22, 2004 5:58 pm **Posts:** 1083

glad you saved it!

Howard P. · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2016 2:53 pm

Nice work. Just the thing for hauling plain-bearing SW-1s, eh?

Howard P.

Les Beckman · **Joined:** Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:25 pm **Posts:** 6482

Scott-

Wow! GREAT SAVE!!!!

Les

fairmontdave · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2016 9:07 am

Any word on what is going to happen to the machine tool inventory? Auction, etc?

I'm a mining guy, and back about 2000-2001, Metso built a small ball mill for my company for grinding mica and feldspar at the York plant. I made a couple of visits there to tour the plant and watch the mill go through the manufacturing process. Lot's of nice machine tools in a historic traditional plant.......sad to see it close.