Sara Badiali wrote:

>We may be looking to purchase a Hand Pump Track Car or a Hand Car in the
>near future for an exhibit.  This is a railroad artifact used to manually
>transport men around train tracks (you might remember them from WB cartoons
>and Three Stooges movies).  Would anyone have suggestions on where I might
>find one? Thanks in advance,
>Sara Badiali
>Cincinnati Museum Center
>
Try www.handcar.net, there is a for sale/wanted section.   Also the link
to the company below makes new(but based on 19th C design) handcars.
 "Real" old ones are hard to find.

http://www.minermfgco.com/Miner_Rail_Services/sheffieldcar.htm

There is also a page on Handcar.net on building your own.


Good luck!

Paul Pickard

>

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