NW-Mailing-List Digest, Vol 49, Issue 4

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Neither. I meant the Barney cars which move the or moved the hoppers
at Lambert's Point?

Barney & Smith manufactured cars for railroads way back when and the
Birney streetcars made their presence well-known on trction systems
and a number have survived today.

If I am using the wrong term for Lambert's Poinbt where they moved the
coal hoppers to be turned and dumped, those are what I am referring. I
had always thought they were referred to as Barney cars but will stand
corrected if I am in error. A friend asked me today.

Bob


Do you mean the Barney and Smith cars, or the Birney Streetcars?

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> Barney Barnier



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> Got a little question if anyone really knows.

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> What is the origin of the name for the Barney Cars and the basic name?

> We know what they were designed to do and so forth but what is the

> origin of the name and how far back does one have to search to get it?

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> Thanks.

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> Bob Cohen