tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post7652886598536487792..comments2024-03-24T11:33:56.203-05:00Comments on Hicks Car Works: New CA&E SeatsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-43717736079316873402012-03-29T20:26:31.387-05:002012-03-29T20:26:31.387-05:00Thanks, Pete! We'll be posting the informatio...Thanks, Pete! We'll be posting the information as it becomes available.Randall Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16246581917018679919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-35870931284550874922012-03-29T17:36:33.164-05:002012-03-29T17:36:33.164-05:00If you let me know ahead of time I can see about h...If you let me know ahead of time I can see about helping load them there if you indeed get them. It should only take an hour at most to get there from home.Pete Pedersennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-74747902024202097752012-03-29T12:44:44.115-05:002012-03-29T12:44:44.115-05:00Randall and all,
if you go to the ...Randall and all,<br /> if you go to the Mid-Continent railway Museum web site and then to the equipment roster and then to wooden passenger cars you get to East jorden & Southern #2 a passenger coach later rebuilt as a combine.<br /><br />As Randall noted it was built the first time in 1864 and later rebuilt in 1902.<br /><br />Mid-Continent calls it their oldest passenger car!<br /><br />Ted Miles<br />IRM MemberAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-70307411260874094282012-03-28T17:53:22.399-05:002012-03-28T17:53:22.399-05:00Yes, it's amazing that a car this old, dating ...Yes, it's amazing that a car this old, dating back to the Civil War, is still in existence. It needs a lot of work, though, and if I didn't have a few other prior commitments, it would be interesting to try to determine which of its various rebuildings each piece dates back to. It's too bad C-14 dating couldn't be used!Randall Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16246581917018679919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-73377369339600284012012-03-28T09:53:44.424-05:002012-03-28T09:53:44.424-05:00The EJ&S Combine has an interesting history al...The EJ&S Combine has an interesting history also related to the Hicks Car Works, in that it was sold to the EJ&S by the Hics Car Works. They must have done a pretty good business on the used equipment market.David Wilkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13420287033827174299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-32857649864732724102012-03-27T12:06:50.379-05:002012-03-27T12:06:50.379-05:00Randall,
who would have thought that Inte...Randall,<br /> who would have thought that Interurban seatswould be available in the 21st century!<br /><br />AT RJV we had to cast a set of frames for our two Peninuular Interurbans.<br /><br />Ted Miles<br />IRM Member<br />WRM MemberAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com