MT-14
Rail Inspection Car
(Speeder)
| Another
item checked off the Bucket List . In effort to repair some
fiberglass issues
with body,
as well as re-align the body & doors, I found the car "needed" to be personalized. This Fairmont MT-14 , track inspection car, was built in Canada for the Canadian National Railroad in the early 1980's. The original the car had no seats. This was a great running and reliable motorcar when I purchased it in Idaho. The owner I bought the car from installed four seats, a hydraulic turntable, and a 10 gallon fuel tank. In 2010, he installed new floorboards, a carburetor and fuel pump rebuild, starter refurbishing, a new chain, new points and condenser, spark arrestor, including designing & installing an awesome turntable!, & much more. Below is thumbnail history of "my" Track Inspection Car, since leaving the Canadian National Railroad service. My history starts about six pictures in. . . . but before that . . . |
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My
mentoring
& first excursion DMV & WRR (South Dakota) July 19 & 20, 2014 MAP The First Iowa Division hosted a 2-day ride on the DMV&W Railroad at Britton, SD. We set the cars on Friday evening. the next morning after some folks beagn setting on at 7 am Saturday morning. After a sagfety meeting we departed at 9:00 am from Britton SD. we travelled to near the yard limits east of Aberdeen and back, stopping both ways at Claremont for a break. We arrives mid afternoon at Britton for a 2 hour break, then departed Britton at 5:30 pm for supper at Rutland, ND before heading to Geneseo, ND where we turned our cars. We departed for Britton as night fell for an evening run in the dark. Cars where left on the track Saturday evening at Britton. Total mileage is approximately was 146 for the day. Day Two – We will departed at 9 am from Britton, SD and duplicate our previous evening excursion route, stopping at Rutland both ways for a break. Return early afternoon to Britton where we set off for the weekend Approximate round trip mileage for this excursion was 300 miles. (day 1 - 146 miles) |
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