Interesting wagon #12 According to my notes from Gordon Potter,#12 was the first wagon to have its axles turned down and have truck hub asbys fitted to it and single pneumatic tires and wheels installed. This was in mid-season of 1934 and was maybe the first wagon to be fitted with rubber tires. This worked and dual wheels were added in 1935 to 110,111,126 light plant wagons. And #110 had the single pneumatic tires added to it.
Ivan Henry's Blog www.thecircusblog.com on July 30, 2010 had a set of color photos of RBBB moving out of the Sarasota quarters in the Spring of 1953. The new metal #12 is pictured in the cage cut of the train. p.j.
Again the wagons from left to right are:
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#42 props
#101 wardrobe trunks
#38 stake & chain
Flint
lf to rt
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old barnes wagon
#101 wardrobe
#38 bigtop stake and chain
p.j.
Interesting wagon #12
ReplyDeleteAccording to my notes from Gordon Potter,#12 was the first wagon to have its axles turned down and have truck hub asbys fitted to it and single pneumatic tires and wheels installed. This was in mid-season of 1934 and was maybe the first wagon to be fitted with rubber tires. This worked and dual wheels were added in 1935 to 110,111,126 light plant wagons. And #110 had the single pneumatic tires added to it.
p.j.
Ivan Henry's Blog www.thecircusblog.com on July 30, 2010 had a set of color photos of RBBB moving out of the Sarasota quarters in the Spring of 1953. The new metal #12 is pictured in the cage cut of the train.
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