Carter Brothers 24 Foot Ventilated Boxcar

This eight (8) ton narrow gauge box car was built by Carter Brothers of Newark, California in 1874 for the Monterey & Salinas Valley Railroad. The car was then sold to the Nevada Central Railroad in 1879 when the M.& S.V.R.R. was converted to standard gauge.  It worked on the N.C.R.R.until 1938 when the line was abandoned.  This car was on display in Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1960's and is now at Ardenwood Park in Newark, California awaiting restoration.  This is the only example of a 24' Carter Brothers box car known to exist today.

This model is of a standard 24' Carter Brothers box car as ordered by many western railroads. The South Pacific Coast Railroad had 15 of these cars numbered 2-20 and 94-102 (even numbers only), and Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad had 15 of these cars numbered 2-30 (even numbers only).

Dimensions, specifications and graphics were taken from drawings by noted railroad historian Herman H. Darr.