Pete,
I mis-spoke, I was thinking of the depot at Skidmore, there was a caboose
sitting to the West of the building and it either a NP or GN. FYI the brick
depot at Lamoni is used for the City Hall and there is a caboose sitting
there also.
Lenny
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From: <PSHedgpeth@a...>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 4:51 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Mystery Waycar
> Sunday afternoon while making an unauthorized by wife "ghost railroad
detour
> in northwest Missouri I discovered the nicely restored Maitland, MO
(Nodaway
> Valley Branch.....Bigelow-Clarinda) depot, off site, but it nice
condition.
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> Beside said depot is a waycar that appears to have had a restoration
> started...they got the sides painted Q red, but the car has no roof and no
> interior components. The floor is completely rotted out and the end sills
> are about gone. The trucks appear to be original.
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> No number was visible on the outside, but on the cupola end of the car
over
> the end door was BN 11025, so the thing apparently made it into the BN
era.
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> Just out of curiosity I'd be interested in finding the Q number and
whatever
> history on the car is available.
>
> Pete Hedgpeth
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