Re: Favorite Narrow Gauge Passenger Car

Randy Hees Wrote:
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> Southern Pacific 1010, built in Dec 1882 as a blue
> coach by the San Joaquin and Sierra Nevada in
> their own shops in Woodbridge CA... That railroad
> was taken over by SP who rebuilt the car as a
> combine in Lodi... In September 1904 the car was
> sent to the South Pacific Coast, where it was used
> in the Santa Cruz Mountains... In January 1905 it
> was broadsided by a V&T train while sitting in the
> yards in Reno, on standard gauge trucks.
>
> After being repaired in the V&T Carson City shops,
> it served on the Carson & Colorado on lease, then
> was sold to the Nevada & California in 1907 (N&C
> No 16)
>
> The car was set aside on Dec 31, 1912. The body
> was used as a house in "cartown" in Mina Nevada...
> Saved by Dick Dayton, and moved to Laws, it was
> moved to the Society for the Preservation of
> Carter Railroad Resources in 1990... It was
> restored over 9 years, used at Railfair 99 in
> Sacramento (with Eureka).
> [attachment 44826 Ardentrainpaint003.jpg]

Nice choice, I wasn't really aware of this one, thanks.