Roger,
I sent you an email about 3 years back about the CB&Q 10513 @
Carrizozo, New Mexico. I believe it was never painted in BN colors. I
first photographed this caboose in the UP yard at Carrizozo as it
came in on 2 flat cars. The main body was on one car and the trucks
on the other. The UP guys in the office told me that it was going on
display in town but they didn't know anything more as of yet. Later,
I located it just off Highway 54 near the school where it is set up
as a welcome center for Carrizozo. They removed the original end
doors and put house doors on it and put a ceiling fan up in the
cupola. What bothered me was that someone painted a scene over the
CB&Q emblem on the side facing the road. The other side is still
good. Anyway, this caboose came into town with intact original CB&Q
silver/red paint. I can post a few photos if anyone who like to see
what it looks like. I also have one of the original Carrizozo depot
signs from the old wooden depot.
The caboose at Cloudcroft, I believe is a Southern Pacific unit as
you can see it driving through.
Are you aware of the Rock Island caboose being placed into a city
park on the highway west side of Booker, Texas?. I photographed it
there on 14 October 2001
Duane Koss / Blue Springs, MO.....formerly Las Cruces NM resident
BRHS / Lincoln Model Railroad Club
----- Original Message -----
srom: Roger Kirkpatrick
To: RRcaboose@yahoogroups.com ; Railspot
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 9:29 AM
Subject: RS: Cabeese in New Mexico
George & Listers,
>
> I suppose everybody already knows about the cabeese on display in
> NM @ Cloudcroft (SP) & Carrizozo(CB&Q)?
>
Good to see the post from New Mexico. I sometimes get mail addressed
to
Cortez, NM!
As a CPA you can understand the problem with incomplete data. It's
hard
to file taxes or do an audit without all the numbers.
The same is true of caboose reports and the data above could be a bit
misleading.
Carrizozo - BN 10513 as fake CB&Q 10513, steel, wide vision, built
1970,
US 54. Is this one in a park, at a business, next to a
home, or?
Cloudcroft - ATSF 999108, steel, cupola, Real Estate Office, 41 Big
Spring Lane.
- CB&Q 13688/BN 10106, steel, wide vision, built 1968, Hwy.
82, east
of town, for sale. Still for sale or sold and gone?
- SP 1902, steel, bay window, built 1972, east end of town.
How
about a better location for this one?
This looks like an excuse for a road trip to sunny, southern New
Mexico!
Happy New Year, Roger
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S. Roger Kirkpatrick, 109 S. Madison St., Cortez, CO 81321
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