I tend to recall in reading some of the old Railroad magazine stories
that they referenced dope as the friction bearing packing material.
Dale
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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bob
Webber
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 6:00 PM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: Dope Wagon
Doug, I just pulled the drawing (I'm compiling an index of donated
drawings, and that one was one that I brought home).
It is based on a standard Vanderbilt Wheelbarrow. 4 Wheels. It has
details for a waste box & a packing bucket - that's why I thought it
might be for packing "friction" bearings. There is also a packing
iron. The wagon is enclosed, and has sloped sheets, with the packing
buckets hanging on the side.
Note that this is an official NYC drawing, and the only definition is
DOPE WAGON. It is from the Equipment Department. If it was for soft
drinks (which I can see a connection for some things) - it would be
either the commissary or passenger equipment departments. The
drawing is dated 6/28/1935, and is revision C.
At 03:59 PM 3/6/2009, you wrote:
>Bob, I have no clue what the NYC called a Dope Wagon. But apparently
>Dope was a term used for soft drinks or carbonated beverages,
>down south. A Dope Wagon contained soft drinks, ice, sandwiches,
>etc. and roamed the mills or mill yards, very similar to a lunch
>wagon or lunch cart.
>
>Here is one description: "I do remember seeing the dope wagon being
>pushed across "the square" and downhill to the mill. Did you
>ever see the fire hose carts pulled behind a pickup truck? The dope
>wagon was very similar; had two automobile wheels, a bed maybe
>4 feet wide and 5 or 6 feet long, with side boards maybe 6 or 8
>inches high. Part of it was lined with tin filled with soft drinks
>and ice. The wagon had two boards extending out one end much like
>the old fashioned mule wagons, with a round cross bar for a
>handle to push and guide it. It was pretty well balanced on the two
>wheels and axle so one man could handle it."
>
>There was even a National Dope Company in Birmingham, Ala.
>1909-1911. I saw one suggestion the term might be a dig at Coke.
>
>Now of course the NYC may have used it to move hot tar or some other
>form of sealant around the coach yard to seal roofs, etc.
>
>Doug Harding
>www.iowacentralrr.org
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