Connecticut Company
Hartford Division
Rail Grinder 0364 on a fan trip at an unknown location. It was originally built in 1905 as CR&L 6 for the CR&L Waterbury District;  it went to Conn Company, then was transferred to Meriden in 1913 where it became 98, then was renumbererd to 810 in 1915.  In 1920 it was rebuilt as a "Conn Safety" car, with bulkheads cut down, left front doors sealed (note no step), mechanical door linkage installed for the front door, and a DH-10 or CP-25 compressor from a Birney installed to provide air brakes in place of the original hand brakes.  It ran in Meriden, then in Middletown, and was reported stored in New Haven on the 1925 company roster.  It was converted to a rail grinder in 1931 (from company records), by Vernon Street shops (from Fred Bennett).
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