CHARLES CITY WESTERN
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| Charles City Western #50 |
CLINTON DAVENPORT & MUSCATINE
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| CD&M 34 |
DES MOINES & CENTRAL IOWA
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| DM & CI RR #1807 Elec. locomotive At Des Moines, Ia. Taken Sept. 1937 PRINT FROM Edward Frank, Jr. |
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| DM&CI 1708 McGuire-Cummings Spring 1935 x "Ohm" or "Ampere" from Gary South Bend & Chicago RR |
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| DM&CI 1705 Snow Storm February 1938 |
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| DM&CI #1712 ex-LSE 179 (1917 Jewett) |
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| DM&CI #1714 ex-LSE 180 |
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| DM&CI #1714 |
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| Des Moines & Central Iowa #1714-10-12 June 30, 1940 [RH: All three of the LSE Jewetts] |
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| Des Moines & Central Iowa No. 1719 at Des Moines, Iowa |
FORT DODGE DES MOINES & SOUTHERN
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| FD&DM 72 |
3 comments:
Thank you for posting these pictures from the Simms collection.
What is the reason for adding truss rods below the side frame of steel interurban cars, like those in this post? Did they have a tendency of sagging like wood cars, or do the truss rods serve a different purpose?
The earliest steel cars did have truss rods to prevent sagging, carried over from wood car design. The most immediate example would be Michigan Electric 28, which was built with truss rods. Those were removed when it was turned into a house, and still need to be replaced for authenticity. But the body hasn't started to sag yet.
Thank you very much for the explanation.
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