at Sewell, WV. I will be using his instructions to build my Larry
cars. Here is how he built his:
I got my information from using photos from "Sewell onsite
pictures," “West Virginia Narrow Gauge, The Mann’s Creek
Railway,” and folks from Sewell.
These larry cars are also called "charge wagons" by the folks in
Sewell who worked them. They ran on old street car rail. They
had DC electric motors, (one car in each pair was powered and
one wasn't) and traveled in pairs tethered together. A simple
trolley system ran along the back of the charging area for power.
Page 78 of Ron Lane's book shows a great drawing of the end
view, which I used to make a scale drawing. In Sewell, I actually
measured a larry car which is flipped over on the very end
The Lite and Narrow - 10
12: Tom Maule's two finished larry cars prior to painting,
showing the location of the details for the cars as listed
in the article. Tom Maule photo.
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