Re: [CBQ] Motorised push car [1 Attachment]

["LZadnichek@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

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November 18, 2015

 

Rupert - What an amazing "contraption." I'll leave it to our Non Revenue Equipment experts to elaborate upon. Along these lines, I'm attaching an undated image of what was described as the first motorized gang car on the McCook Division, supposedly accomplished by using a gasoline washing machine engine. If you enlarge the image, you can see the belt drive to the forward axle. I would imagine it "putt-putted" right along at a brisk pace. I don't see any provision for braking, so we'll have to speculate on that function. Thanks for your always amazing research into all facets of the Q - Louis

 

Louis Zadnichek II

Fairhope, AL 

 

In a message dated 11/18/2015 12:29:04 P.M. Central Standard Time, CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:

There’s an interesting piece of Burlington equipment, perhaps from the turn of the century, on eBay as item 231754390875. It appears to be a push car on which has been mounted a horizontal, single cylinder, air cooled motor to propel it by means of a drive band passing through the deck to one axle.

 

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

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