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Have you visited the Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association site (NPRHA.org)?

NP had one or two McKeen cars, and there are some pictures available via this site. (Also some pictures of the BB&BC McKeen car.)  There was a terrific article about the NP McKeen cars in the Mainstreeter about a year ago, I believe it was written by Richard Wilkens.  Perhaps you can obtain a copy of it.  Good luck!

The photo of the McKeen car in Yuma is extremely helpful, as i am very close to restoring that exact car.  I am not a member of any of those groups however.  I will looking into memberships.  And to answer smd4, I am looking for any information, if you have seen drawings, or heard there was one in Mexico, any information would help, like that image of the "Cuyamaca."  I have only seen thre other images of that car at that time.
I know they owned one, the #5 ran for quite a few years, and supposedly had the oldest original Gasoline engine, and trucks, reported to still exist in the 50's.  This car was also a diner, and after a fire burned the car (which was made of steel,) the car was scrapped.  I am hoping that there are some remains from that car, but I don't know.  I had found another article about the railroad, not much on the car while in service though.
 
 
Originally Posted by TrainWizard5972:

The Lakeside & Marblehead Railroad near Sandusky, Ohio owned one. The only book on the railroad has quite a bit of information about the car and on McKeen. Here's what the book looks like.

 

http://books.google.com/books?...ge&q&f=false

 

I knew about those, however Wikipedia doesn't (no surprise,) but what does he say about the car in his book.  Here is what I wrote down on the scrapdate...   "

Jan. 16, 1920 PRR McKeen car No. 4701 scrapped at Wilmington. (Keystone)

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Originally Posted by Simon Winter:

I don't think anyone has mentioned it so far, but the PRR had a McKeen car number 4701. It is pictured in the late Al Staufer's book "Pennsy Power III".

 

Some more references:

 

http://www.midcontinent.org/ro.../builders/mckeen.htm

 

http://www.therailwire.net/for...ex.php?topic=31959.0

 

Simon

 

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