Re: "One of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces."
| September 17, 2018 08:07PM |
We have both letter boards from D&RGW 0577 in Cheyenne and we cut out and removed all the numbers and logos, never understand anyone who chops stuff up like that without even a thought, very strange historical preservation.
I have most of the caboose numbers i couldnt save and all of Big Boy 4004s boiler jacket and firebox cab sheeting, i even tore down a shed made from UP CA1 caboose wood and re used the wood on my CA restoration. Kept most of Pullman car 57s floors and reused it in CA 2516, you cant save enough of these historical pieces. I recently re used all the internal wall T&G from UP CA 2455 demolished in 2014 in UP CA 2409, cursed the wood every time i tripped over it in the intervening years.
Just to bring people up to date with what we now have in Cheyenne High Plains Railroad Preservation now own or restoring UP NCS 1880 caboose 2095, UP NCS 1901 caboose 2267, UP CA 1907 caboose 2409, UP CA 1913 caboose 2516, and UP CA1 1923 caboose 3171 as well as Pullman car 57 of course. We also have just found UP NCS 1880 caboose 2095 and St J&GI 1902 caboose 34 and been offered these along with UP/Mt Hood caboose 7 from 1924.
Visitors always welcome as are donations !
Mike Pannell
307-221-2371
I have most of the caboose numbers i couldnt save and all of Big Boy 4004s boiler jacket and firebox cab sheeting, i even tore down a shed made from UP CA1 caboose wood and re used the wood on my CA restoration. Kept most of Pullman car 57s floors and reused it in CA 2516, you cant save enough of these historical pieces. I recently re used all the internal wall T&G from UP CA 2455 demolished in 2014 in UP CA 2409, cursed the wood every time i tripped over it in the intervening years.
Just to bring people up to date with what we now have in Cheyenne High Plains Railroad Preservation now own or restoring UP NCS 1880 caboose 2095, UP NCS 1901 caboose 2267, UP CA 1907 caboose 2409, UP CA 1913 caboose 2516, and UP CA1 1923 caboose 3171 as well as Pullman car 57 of course. We also have just found UP NCS 1880 caboose 2095 and St J&GI 1902 caboose 34 and been offered these along with UP/Mt Hood caboose 7 from 1924.
Visitors always welcome as are donations !
Mike Pannell
307-221-2371
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
The NGDF was started by Don Richter and is currently operated in his memory by Nathan Holmes and others. Others who have contributed to the upkeep of this board are (in no particular order): Charles McCandless, Everett Lueck, Ted Wilton, Cole Adams, James Bane, John Moellmer, Jon Bentz, Linn Moedinger, lloyd lehrer, Rod Jensen, John Craft, Steven Forney, Herb Kelsey, Bill Ramaley, Russ Sperry (El Russo Loco), Josh McNeal, John West, Jim Armstrong, Bob Bergstrom, Greg Scholl, Blake Forbes Doug van Veelen and Mark Fuller.