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