Prototype inspiration, an MOW crew car!

The prototype had all sorts of funky stuff to draw inspiration from, and one such example sits in the Fort Missoula Museum.

The Museum has a large outdoor exhibit of railroad artifacts, among them being this:

The second photo is actually reversed, since Shays were built almost exclusively with their drivers on the right side of the engine, not the left as shown in the picture.

This car was used to transport crews on the Blackfoot railroad route, as well as a mobile office.

I'll have to draw up plans for this thing at some point.