I'm gathering information and parts/pieces to create a reasonable facsimile of this nifty home-brewed Santa Fe MOW car in O scale...
...but I'm stumped by the gizmos leaning against the cabin wall adjacent to the wheels. This is the only photo I have of this car. The caption made no mention of the specific features. I can only imagine they have something to do with handling the wheel sets...moving them to/from this MOW car, or in the replacement process on the defective car.
Any of you Santa Fe guys offer some insight? Further description/construction of the gizmos? Or, were they not of unique creation of the ATSF....also found on other railroad MOW cars.
BTW, the specific name given to 190596 is "Emergency Road, Tool, and Wheel Car".
I sent an inquiry to the ATSF Historical & Modeling Society group, but no response to date.
Those gizmos just seem to pertinent to the car's functions and just too prominent to dismiss.
Anyone?
Thanks, in advance.
KD