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Western Maryland Railway instruction car

(Western Maryland Railway instruction car)

1945 – 1950

Instruction cars were used to teach steam locomotive workers. Pictured is an instructional model of a locomotive drive mechanism with Waltschaert motion. The instructional model, Western Maryland Railway instruction car number 99, is part of the Steamtown museum collection.

Paper. L 12.9, W 17.8 cm
Steamtown National Historic Site, STEA 1969