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Ted miles

March 23, 2017 12:07PM

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folks,
I was reading my old issues of Iron Horse News and saw the comment that the D&RG Coach 4 ren Business Car K and ren B-8; built by Jackson & Sharp in 1872 is the oldest narrow gauge passenger car.

I had thought that the Eureka & Palisade car at Boulder City Nevada was built in 1872; but that one was built in 1875.

So does the B-8 hold the claim to be the oldest passenger car?

It also ran on the Unitah Railway; as it can also be one of two Unitah passenger cars. Both of them are at Colorado Railroad Museum.

Ted Miles, CRRM Member

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