Colorado Narrow Gauge in Missouri
| May 20, 2016 08:05PM |
In April 2015, a monument known as “Trail’s End Sedalia” was dedicated in Sedalia, Missouri. Located at a busy intersection near the main entrance to the Missouri State Fairgrounds, the monument features a train and sculptures of cattle and is dedicated to the days in the 1860’s when Sedalia was a shipping point for cattle driven from Texas.
The train is an eclectic mix of equipment, including a heavily modified 4’ gauge 0-4-0 saddle tank locomotive , a 3’ gauge tender and stock car with a standard gauge caboose bringing up the rear. The locomotive is former Lehigh Valley Coal No. 91, while the tender and stock car are ex D&RGW and the caboose is an ex Frisco car. The stock car is former D&RGW 5770, while the tender was built using the trucks and other parts from D&RGW high side gondola 9333. Both cars came from a private collection in Alva, Oklahoma.
The “Trail’s End Sedalia” monument in Sedalia, Missouri is seen here on June 24, 2015.
Former Denver & Rio Grande Western narrow gauge stock car 5770 plays its new role as Union Pacific Railroad, Southern Branch No. 701. June 24, 2015.
P.R.R. (Pacific Rail Road) No. 91’s tender was built using metal parts from former Rio Grande high side gondola 9333.
Jason Midyette
The train is an eclectic mix of equipment, including a heavily modified 4’ gauge 0-4-0 saddle tank locomotive , a 3’ gauge tender and stock car with a standard gauge caboose bringing up the rear. The locomotive is former Lehigh Valley Coal No. 91, while the tender and stock car are ex D&RGW and the caboose is an ex Frisco car. The stock car is former D&RGW 5770, while the tender was built using the trucks and other parts from D&RGW high side gondola 9333. Both cars came from a private collection in Alva, Oklahoma.
The “Trail’s End Sedalia” monument in Sedalia, Missouri is seen here on June 24, 2015.
Former Denver & Rio Grande Western narrow gauge stock car 5770 plays its new role as Union Pacific Railroad, Southern Branch No. 701. June 24, 2015.
P.R.R. (Pacific Rail Road) No. 91’s tender was built using metal parts from former Rio Grande high side gondola 9333.
Jason Midyette
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