Harold, Rick, and Ken,
Thank you very much for the information. I went to the 1880 Train website
(Rick's URL is correct), and their gift shop has not only Mills's "125
Years of Railroading" but also the second edition of his "Highline Scrap
Book" (co-authored with Greg Walters).
That's the good news. The bad news is that when I called the museum number
(605-274-4108) I got a recorded message saying the phone had been changed
to an "unpublished" number (??)!! I can't imagine why a public
museum/business would want an unlisted number, but there you have it! There
was a form on the website you could fill out and submit over the internet
or by fax, but I am uneasy transmitting credit card information
electronically, especially after my best friend from college fell victim to
identity theft earlier this year. So I will fall back on "historical
technology" (paper check and stamp) and send it along to them by pony
express (the mail train don't run there no more). Also, I searched in vain
for any mention of shipping charge. Maybe I'll just add a few bucks and
hope... I hope these folks know what they're doing... I hope I do.
As for the numbering of the Burlington's narrow gauge ore cars: It sounds
like Collins simply mis-read the number on the photo from Fielder's book
(p. 79), since the number in that photo appears to be 12428. The front
digit is partly hidden by one of the car's stakes, so he probably guessed
it was a "4" instead of a "1." As you point out, Ken, that leaves open the
question of why this car should have been classified as a gondola rather
than an ore car, but terminology is sometimes ambiguous. And it makes you
wonder what sort(s) of cars would have filled the 12500 - 12699 series. My
own guess is that maybe these were the more "hopper"-like cars with
diagonal bracing, as shown on pages 19, 22, and 24 of Burlington Bulletin
41).
Maybe the answers will be in one of these new books. Maybe -- if the snails
don't go on strike -- I may get my books sometime next year.
Thanks again,
Jonathan
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