Ford V-8 Fordor Sedan with Railroad Wheels Used by Norfolk Southern Railroad, 1936

Summary

Employees on Virginia's Norfolk Southern Railroad modified this 1935 Ford V-8 Fordor to operate on railroad tracks instead of roads. They replaced the car's wheels and rubber tires with flanged steel wheels. Railroads often used vehicles like this to conduct maintenance inspections of a rail line, or to shuttle crews to and from a worksite.

Employees on Virginia's Norfolk Southern Railroad modified this 1935 Ford V-8 Fordor to operate on railroad tracks instead of roads. They replaced the car's wheels and rubber tires with flanged steel wheels. Railroads often used vehicles like this to conduct maintenance inspections of a rail line, or to shuttle crews to and from a worksite.

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

1936

Subject Date

1936

Collection Title

General Photographs Series 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.66212

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in

Width: 11 in

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