Thursday, October 20, 2011

Flatcar # 66

The History of Flatcar # 66

This 70’ long flatcar was originally built as a Stockcar by the Warren Tank Car Company in 1938 for the newly formed Tim McCoy Wild West Show. The Tim McCoy show didn’t last long. The Stockcar was acquired by the Iron & Steel Works of Chicago, Ill. At some point in time between 1941 and 1945, the World of Mirth Shows got this Stockcar. It is believed that the World of Mirth Shows were the ones that cut the top off of the car making it into a flatcar. While on the World of Mirth Shows, it carried the # 26 on it.
This car was bought by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. to be used by the Circus World Museum in November of 1965. It arrived in Baraboo on January 7th, 1966.
This car was refurbished and painted Silver with Red Letters and a White Outline with the title of Circus World Museum Baraboo, Wisconsin. It was only used in 1970, 1971, 1972, and 1973. The Train crew members have told me this car walked all around the tracks when moving. It had lost a lot of its engineered strength when the top was removed. In 1989, the Circus World Museum donated this car to the Mid Continent Railway Museum in Wisconsin. In 1993, it was severely damaged at the Railway Museum and was eventually scrapped

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