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==Photographs== | ==Photographs== | ||
<gallery caption="On display in Loon Lake, California." widths=200px perrow=4> | |||
Image:Bb-flat-end-qtr.jpeg|Andrew Brandon Photograph. | |||
Image:Bb-flat-bolster-qtr-view.jpeg|Andrew Brandon Photograph. | |||
Image:Bb-flat-brake-hardware.jpeg|Andrew Brandon Photograph. | |||
Image:Bb-flat-end-bold.jpeg|Andrew Brandon Photograph. | |||
Image:Bb-flat-end-qtr.jpeg|Andrew Brandon Photograph. | |||
Image:Bb-flat-end-view-2 001.jpeg|Andrew Brandon Photograph. | |||
Image:Bb-flat-needlebeam 001.jpeg|Andrew Brandon Photograph. | |||
Image:Bb-flat-plaque.jpeg|Andrew Brandon Photograph. | |||
Image:Bb-flat-pocket-detail.jpeg|Andrew Brandon Photograph. | |||
Image:Bb-flat-profile.jpeg|Andrew Brandon Photograph. | |||
Image:Bb-flat-qtr-low.jpeg|Andrew Brandon Photograph. | |||
Image:Bb-flat-underside.jpeg|Andrew Brandon Photograph. | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Category:Flat Cars]] [[Category:V&T Shops built]] [[Category:Preserved Equipment]] [[Category:36in Gauge Equipment]] | [[Category:Flat Cars]] [[Category:V&T Shops built]] [[Category:Preserved Equipment]] [[Category:36in Gauge Equipment]] |
Revision as of 15:43, 11 August 2021
History
Flatcar #8 was built for the Bodie & Benton Railway & Lumber Company by the Virginia & Truckee Railroad shops in Carson City, Nevada.
On Display at the June Lake Marina in June Lake CA. Body rescued from a wreck site below Bodie and restored for display.
Note: The trucks used under this restoration are from a Crown Zellerbach flatcar and are not representative of the design used in service.
Specifications
25'6" long.
Originally this car rode on Bliss Pattern trucks.