I wonder what the reason was for painting the glass or replacing it with metal in the work car's doors? Seems like they would want wider arc of view as they approached road crossings. Did Xing red lights, bells and crossing arms activate automatically? *PICS*

Here's one for the Rail Fans: A nifty Ford Model A RR inspection coupe, and a railbus *5 PICS* &. *LINK*
- Liked looking at the old pictures... Trains really last a long time don't they. *NM*
- Those could be done in scale with G scale parts..... *NM*
- I wonder what the reason was for painting the glass or replacing it with metal in the work car's doors? Seems like they would want wider arc of view as they approached road crossings. Did Xing red lights, bells and crossing arms activate automatically? *PICS*