Around these parts the Santa Fe and Union Pacific used doodlebugs to shuttle smaller numbers of passengers between small/medium sized towns, trips that did not justify using large locomotives. Doodlebugs often made connections with street cars that ran on the same gauge tracks. Couple photos of the ATSF version on Andy¹s Photostream www.flickr.com/photos/8348059@NO2/6078087107/in/photostream. Basically a motorcar.
Roy From: Talmadge C 'TC' Carr <[email protected]> Reply-To: S-Scale <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:59:19 -0600 To: S-Scale <[email protected]> Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Doodlebug Model No, The cars (RPO/Bag w/ coach trailer) were made by St. Louis Car Company with FM Engines. TCC:} On Feb 12, 2012, at 10:48 PM, [email protected] wrote: > How about the Southern Railway's cars, manufactured by Fairbanks-Morse as I > recall. > > Fred T in Tennessee > Talmadge C 'TC' Carr Sn42 and Hn42 somewhere in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest [email protected]
