Lancaster, Oxford & Southern Railcar

The Lancaster, Oxford & Southern Railcar was built by the Sanders Machine Shop in 1915, from the Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railway as #10.
Not only it was originally numbered #10, but it was first used on three-foot gauge track in Southern Lancaster County. Its diminutive size was due to its origins on a 3' gauge line.
It operated for two years as a narrow gauge motor car before being converted to standard gauge in 1918.
After being sold to numerous owners, this motor car was later purchased from the Grasse River RR and renumbered #12 in 1962.
It was sold again to the Wolfeboro RR in the ‘70s and sold again to Lowell Nat. Park where it worked from 1980-1984.
It is now operational at the Strasburg Rail Road, where it works today on passenger service, and as a substitute for any of the steam engines, in case one or all of them were out of service. 
==Trivia==
*The railcar, originally built as a regular coach, is used during the "off" season when passenger loads are light.
*It was converted to diesel in 2009 and sees service during the off-peak season at Strasburg.
*This is the only doodlebug car that's still in use today.
*In October 1914, when the Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railroad was sold after financial woes, an attempt was made to operate more economically by converting some passenger cars to gasoline-powered railcars (sometimes called "doodlebugs").
==See also==
*Gallery
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