General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD CAR/ CAST IRON CYLINDERS AND BED/ STEEL GEARS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

9.75 m

Width

3.25 m

Height

4.0 m

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Railway Transportation

Category

Rolling stock

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Allis Chalmers

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

City

Montreal

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Originally built for Canadian Northern Railway, this car was sold to H. and B. as No. 4. It was repurchased by CNR in 1926. (see sup. info)

Function

UNLOADING BALLAST CARS

Technical

IMPORTANT EARLY MACHINE USED IN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE The Lidgerwood consists of a large winch drum driven by a two cylinder steam engine with steam supplied from the locomotive via a hose. In use, the car was placed at the head of a train of flat cars, the cable being laid out and attached to a blade at the last car. When power was applied to the drum, the blade reversed the cars and swept the ballast off.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

UNKNOWN BUT APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

WITH ARCH BAR TRUCKS (SIMPLEX PATTERN)/ PAINTED

Decoration

N/A