Well, I guess this is a "WAS" MoWing. Derrick was retired at this point and had been put into service by the scrap yard in Harriman TN it was sent to - Late 80's.
On 2024 December 10, NS maintainers load tools and supplies into hi-rail capable trucks to access a worksite along the Harrisburg Line west of Richland, PA, once NS 11K clears.
From March 1985 at Selma, AL. I have no idea what this thing is. Looks like a kitbash project that used everything in a modeler's scrapbox.
The Senior Executive Vice President of Caboose Operations on Southern Railroad, Mr. Wilbert Billy Bob Folkmeyer, had it specially built to travel the system to inspect the caboose fleet.
...and put in some glue, closed up and shook the box, opened it and that came out... I just saved that one in a folder called "weirdos".
Taking my newly restored three wheeler out for a test run. I used my wood lathe to reproduce the levers and handles. Also fabricated new pivot brackets for the shaft they rotate on.
Love it! Now for a water jug and lunch box. A few vintage track tools and a bag of spikes and bolts/nuts, then down the track you go!
The velocipede above is now at its new home at the Rosenberg Railroad Museum. They tried it out on their new display track where they will soon park the new additions to their collection coming soon. One of the museum staff giving it a test run.
