[SEL] Old trolly car engine

[Clint D]

Charley

I mis-spoke, it is not a trolly for carrying passengers, it is a small car kind of
like the hand cars

Clint


----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles R Bryant" <mogul460 at localnet.com>
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> The narrow guage railroad that operated between Farmington ,Kingfield
> and Rangely, Maine in the early 1900's had two type busses/trolley cars that
> they operated just for passengers (just guessing 25 to 35 passenger) They
> were locally manufactured and had automotive gasoline engines. They were
> scrapped
> out in the late 30's. Joe Kelley's son Joey has more information on these.
>  One of the early type railroad work cars had a a model "T" engine which
> one of the ILL-MO club members had  (now deceased).
>
> Charlie Bryant
> (from rainy,cold,wet,muddy Maine)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Strobel" <Richard_Strobel7 at msn.com>
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> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 8:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [SEL] Old trolly car engine
>
>
> > Believe they were called "Speeder Cars." And the one's I've seen had the
> > Fairmont also.
> >
> > RickinMt.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bill Brueck" <b2 at chooka.net>
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> > Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 5:55 AM
> > Subject: Re: [SEL] Old trolly car engine
> >
> >
> >> Fairmont engines show up regularly and I've always been told they were
> >> off
> >> railroad hand cars.  The one I had several years ago was single cylinder
> >> 2
> >> stroke and would run either direction.
> >>
> >> B²
> >> Bill Brueck (brick)
> >> Chatfield, MN, USA
> >>
> >> Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Clint D" <driggars at earthlink.net>
> >> To: <SEL at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> >> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 12:11 AM
> >> Subject: [SEL] Old trolly car engine
> >>
> >>
> >> > anyone know what would be the likely engine in a trolly car for RR's
> >> >
> >> > I have one located that is from the early 1900's, like before 1910
> >> >
> >> > I have not yet been able to physically see it yet and just wondering if
> >> > it
> >> > would
> >> > be worth my time to travel to look at purchasing it?
> >> >
> >> > Clint
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