Flat Car with Boat Props
Milwaukee
No. 5391A
Flat Car with Boat Props
Reading
Flat Car with Boat Props
Seaboard
Flat Car with Boat
Props
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Though it may seem a bit toy-like, AHM's Flat Car with Boat Props or propellers is an interesting
offering and may not be as far from prototype as you may think. While reading Gary Dolzall's "Diesels from Eddystone: The
Story of Baldwin Locomotives," I came upon a picture of an early VO-660 diesel switcher in 1939 pulling a set of flat cars,
each carrying boat propellers. The propellers were made by Baldwin and with some wood supports and wires, the AHM layout
of the car and load isn't all that off this image.
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