V&T wooden ore cars

[Andrew Brandon]

John,

I am not sure if you've found these images or not but I happened to find them the other day.

http://cdm15323.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm4 ... OX=1&REC=1

http://cdm15323.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm4 ... OX=1&REC=8

http://cdm15323.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm4 ... X=1&REC=10

http://cdm15323.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm4 ... OX=1&REC=2

[Solomani]

Thanks Andrew,

I have not been able to do much in quite a while on these cars. I did do some work (finally) on the Truckee bridges.

Thank you for posting these. I wish other Manufacturers were as proud of their rocker cars as Jackson and Sharp as I then might be able to find the V&T type! I still have hope that there is a photo out there somewhere...

-John

[Solomani]

Andrew,

snooping around on the Delaware site above I came across this:

It is the rocker type but it does have a similarity to the V&T/C&C cars in the center beam that runs through the rocker. No idea of course if this is what was used but it does make me wonder.

Thanks again for the link,

-John

[Solomani]

Ever hopeful for some additional information I came across Hart #67 looking at Alta from the south. Very hard to tell from the angle but it looks like they were using 4 wheel dump cars similar to those later used on the V&T. I don't believe they are the same as the door swing posts appear much taller.

Best regards,
John

[Solomani]

Starting to work on the ore cars again and started wondering about the practice for using lag bolts on railroad cars. Looking at the side sills in the photos it looks like they have lag bolts screwed through the side sills and into the ends of the cross beams for the two beams at the ends of the cars. I have not run across any photos or drawings detailing the practice have any of you?

[David Johnson]

Perhaps instead of lag screws, they are draw bolts, with the nuts in a pocket mortise in the cross member. The use of draw bolts of various styles was used often in narrow gauge wood car construction.
Dave

[Solomani]

I think you may be right (will we ever know?). I have used draw bolts in other locations on my ore car design and I think I will do the same here.

-John

[Solomani]

Recent interest caused me to go back and look through my files. This rendering looks to be where I left off.

-John

[Curtis Reid]

Looking good!
I saw in the paper (http://www.virginiaandtruckee.com/InThe ... -22-TE.htm) that there were some 10-ton ore cars early on - were those these cars, or something else?

Curtis