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Atlantic purchased the railroad and standard-gauged it, making
the cars surplus equipment.
When the cars arrived on the East Broad Top property, they were
equipped with arch bar trucks and hand brakes. They probably
had link-and-pin couplers as well. The cars were 20’ 6” long and
7’ 7” wide with two hoppers. They had a 40,000 lb. capacity and
were the largest cars on the roster until the advent of steel cars
in 1913.
In 1914-1915 the EBT rebuilt the cars with steel liners inside
the wood bodies, Vulcan trucks, automatic couplers and air
brakes. These upgrades also increased the load capacity to
60,000 lbs.
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6. On3 model of Hancock and Calumet car in service
on David Crement’s East Broad Top layout. The car is
scratchbuilt. This is an updated car with steel lining
and Vulcan trucks. David Crement photo.
MRH-Dec 2014
