I reached out to the photographer, Mark Wright, who has a website devoted to collecting G.I Joe figures. We talked about his photograph and he said it was from Rouses Point, but he couldn't remember when he took it. He had another three-quarter shot of the car and sent me both images in a high resolution format. He graciously gave me permission to post them on my blog, which I really appreciate. Other than these pictures, I have seen no references to it at all.
I would like to build a model of this car and hoped that someone would have more information about it. A post on the Railroad.net's D&H forum didn't result in anything, so I then asked on their NYS Railfan forum. If you have any information on it, I would love to hear from you!
That looks like a good modeling subject! I will ask around about the car.
ReplyDeleteThe 11 tapered ribs and perimeter bulb angle with rounded corner pieces, straight sides and fishbelly center sill lead me to believe that this car was rebuilt from an old 48ft gondola car. Almost all D&H MofW equipment was repurposed and rebuilt from outdated rolling stock.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info! It is very much appreciated.
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