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Sweet stuff ,K-37 492 with a string of loaded pipe gons entering Monero NM.
Well the Mack company weren't responsible for the ones on the uintah, all done in house by the company in its own shops. They always were an iodiosyncratic bunch of fellows, like Sinatra " they did it their way."I expect that someone will say 'Mack" didn't make all those rail cars, that someone could be right but there is no proof they didn't.
But.
The one with the canvas top is an accurate reproduction of the Uintah rail car and Mack made that one. Photographs prove it.
However, the flatbed is really the basic chassis and I am supposing that "Mack" told it's salesmen to get out and sell that model and allow each railroad to provide their own body. It is adaptable to any gauge between 42" and 24" The original "Mack" concept was a road truck on rails and the construction methods show this. Hidden inside the railcar shape is a truck/lorry chassis and engine, gearbox, and back axle with chain drive to the two axles. The steering wheel, this is not needed for a rail car but I suggest that it is used for the brake, it can't have any other use.
Something to think about - the box in front of the radiator, it is there on #50 but not on an earlier car. I say that it is an added box with an open face towards the radiator grill and an opening below the chassis, and it was added to solve the problem of bugs and air-borne seeds in windy desert conditions clogging the grill.
Peter
Dave
I can only go by the drawing by Gary Caviglia. He attributes it to Mack Trucks, Inc, Allentown, Penn. Even if they did not make the rail car, judging by the construction methods and definitely the major parts, a road lorry/truck from somewhere was converted. It seems possible that the sacrificed vehicle was a Mack and the name stuck. However, I will remove the name from the content, makes no difference to me. I spent enough time trying to get the details construction details right, getting the name right is part of the deal.
Peter
Dangavel,
These shots really look sharp. Such cool work. Steeper grades will just make it seem more real! Great work! :Y:
Heinrich505