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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Burlington & Missouri River Railroad caboose
From: "Ken Martin via groups.io" <kmartin537=surewest.net@groups.io>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 13:13:39 -0700
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Alan,

I have been to Cross Orchards and seen the caboose and other cars there. You 
guys have done some fantastic work. I had never seen the caboose as found and 
can tell that was a lot of work.
With you and your friends I am sure the waycar is in good hands.

Ken Martin
C&Sng modeler also



> On Apr 12, 2020, at 9:01 AM, Alan Kraus <ak77224@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Incidentally, I have some good local resources on caboose restoration.  I 
> belong to the Rio Grande Chapter of the NRHS and over the past 3 decades, our 
> small group has located, acquired, moved, and restored several pieces of 
> rolling stock from the narrow gauge Uintah Railway - a short line which ran 
> from western Colorado into eastern Utah to haul gilsonite.  They transferred 
> the gilsonite to the then standard gauge Denver and Rio Grande at Mack, 
> Colorado.  The Uintah had three cabooses.  We have the only survivor..Uintah 
> RWY #3.  We spent many years, working a few hours on our weekly workday and 
> were able to restore the caboose to it's former glory.   That included 
> procuring trucks, drawbars.....all of the hardware other than the ladders and 
> grab irons which were on the car when we found it.  The car sat on the ground 
>  since 1934 when the Uintah folded and the frame had rotted out so it was 
> dismantled down to the frame and restored from there.
> 


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