Re: BLW Diesel and Boxcar

Right you are. I believe it was Carl Helfin who was involved with RWR with the Narrow Gauge Motel. -- Ed

RDannemann Wrote:
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> Ed Stabler Wrote:
>
> >
> > That "little museum place a little south of
> town"
> > was Bob Richardson's and Cornelius Houck's
> Narrow
> > Gauge Motel. It was the beginning of what
> > eventually became the Colorado Railroad Museum
> > collection. -- Ed
>
> Don't think Cornelius Hauck was a partner in the
> Alamosa Motel/museum operation. He did purchase
> the
> 318 and was a partner in the later CRRM. The 318
> may
> have been on display at the Alamosa motel/museum
> until the CRRM began in 1958.
>
> As I recall, Mr. Hauck suggested that Bob
> Richardson
> purchase and save the 318, money was tight so it
> was
> purchased by Mr. Hauck to avoid it being scrapped.