BillD Wrote:
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> We recently relocated to So. California (just
> north of LA, out of the smog) and we decided to
> spend today down at Knott's Berry Farm. (They have
> a special deal for vets in early November...two
> free admissions and up to six more at $12.95 each.
> Regular price is 50 bucks each, so it's a gonga!)
> Of course, the wife and kid thought it was to go
> out and have fun at the amusement park, but little
> did they know that it was a pilgrimage to a little
> piece of Colorado NG here in California.
>
> A little background for those of you who haven't
> been down there... Walter Knott purchased RGS 41,
> Goose 3 caboose 0402 and Business Car B-3 (the
> Edna ) as well as D&RGW C-19 346, several
> passenger and freight cars, and the Parlor Car
> Durango as well as some other items and some track
> for his amusement park. It's still there today,
> and in what appears to be excellent shape (the
> mixed-up stock car and gon nonwithstanding). In
> fact, I think the passenger cars that are there
> today are actually better preserved than the ones
> on the D&SNG.
Doesn't the CRRM own 346?