Fox trucks

John T · **Joined:** Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:05 pm **Posts:** 1270

How many preserved freight cars have Fox trucks? The Illinois RR Museum has one box car:

https://www.midcontinent.org/equipment- ... ouis-4570/

The Northwest Ry Museum had two flat car but one has been scrapped. I believe the mining museum at Butte, MT has at least one box car with Fox trucks but can't verify that. Orange Empire has a BA&P box car with Fox trucks.

Any others?

Walker Smith RRW · **Joined:** Thu May 17, 2018 4:39 pm **Posts:** 14

Guignard Brick Works No. 234 at the South Carolina Railroad Museum.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lionel682/8125497170

- Walker

Jdelhaye · **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2018 2:40 pm

John T wrote:

How many preserved freight cars have Fox trucks? The Illinois RR Museum has one box car:

https://www.midcontinent.org/equipment- ... ouis-4570/

The Northwest Ry Museum had two flat car but one has been scrapped. I believe the mining museum at Butte, MT has at least one box car with Fox trucks but can't verify that. Orange Empire has a BA&P box car with Fox trucks.

Any others?

You say there is a car at IRM, but provide a link to MCRM?

John T · **Joined:** Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:05 pm **Posts:** 1270

Sorry about the IRM/MC mix up. It is all back east from here. Hereis one I forgot:

Fort Steele, BC-Fort Steele Provincial Park
Vulcan Iron Works C/N 416 Steam Shovel (boiler & parts missing) 1901
Crowsnest Southern Ry
Perry Creek Placer Mining Co. Kimberley, BC 1902
Abandoned on Perry Creek 1920-2011
http://www.dualsportbc.com/forums/showt ... ide-Report
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMVK ... _Steele_BC

Nova55 · **Joined:** Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:09 pm **Posts:** 598

Railroad Museum of Long Island has a pair, but literally just the trucks only.

MEC_557 · **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2018 5:50 pm

RMNE has a flatcar (New Haven?) that has the Fox trucks. I'm not sure if I have a pic of it. It is an interesting car.

John T · **Joined:** Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:05 pm **Posts:** 1270

Thanks for the lead. The RMNE car is New haven #7447.

J.David · **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2018 8:16 pm

Greetings:
Steamtown NHS has a wooden B&M(?) boxcar with fox trucks, also, the tender of the Rutland pile driver has them.
I would note they both made the move from Bellows Falls to Scranton on their own wheels!
J.David

Scranton Yard · **Joined:** Thu Feb 27, 2014 10:08 am **Posts:** 734

Back in August of 2016, the Park Service scrapped several wooden cars at Scranton, including Claremont and Concord Railroad Snowplow 60. It was built by the Boston & Maine Railroad Shops some time prior to 1910. C&C was a branch line of the B&M until 1954. According to the NPS, the rear truck was a Fox-patent pressed-steel truck. I do not know if this truck was preserved.

Alan Maples · **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2018 8:48 pm

Eureka Springs & North Arkansas had at least one flat car or the remains thereof equipped with fox trucks. It's been over a decade since I was there so can't confirm that either car or trucks still exist.

- Alan Maples

Cameron Wolk · **Joined:** Wed Sep 02, 2015 11:34 pm **Posts:** 270

The Western New York Railroad Historical Society owns ex-NYC snowplow #X-659 originally built in 1889 which has fox trucks albeit re-built with roller bearings.

http://www.trainweb.org/wnyrhs/mow.htm

TrainDetainer · **Joined:** Wed Nov 23, 2016 7:05 pm **Posts:** 283

Last time I was at RRMPA they had a Fox truck or two in the progressive line of trucks outside behind the main building. I don't recall there being a car on Fox trucks though.

Brian Norden · **Posted:** Wed May 30, 2018 1:52 am

Regarding the Orange Empire has an ex-Butte Anaconda & Pacific box car with Fox Trucks.
See this thread from 2009:
New (old) box car at Orange Empire

John T · **Joined:** Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:05 pm **Posts:** 1270

Thanks for all the input. Just for the record the Alco rotaries do not have Fox trucks. They have plate trucks which are very different from the Fox design.

Dave · **Posted:** Wed May 30, 2018 9:46 am

In the back of my mind I seem to recall the tender of FEC 113 being on Fox trucks.... or maybe a similar style. Perhaps somebody with Gold Coast can chime in.