From "The Rainbow Route" by Sloan & Skowronski:
"An article in the July 10, 1915, issue of the same paper (Silverton Standard) is the first record found regarding the new railbus - nicknamed Casey Jones - reporting that Casey had jumped the track at the Green Mountain switch while running on the reopened Silverton Northern. Clyde Jones had designed and built Casey Jones the previous winter in the machine shop of the Sunnyside mine at Eureka, using a Maxwell motor and what were reported as junk parts. It is likely that the former Stover railbus was part of the junk.
The original and primary purpose of the new railbus was to serve as an ambulance in cases of emergency, although the mine yard foreman, Henry Gray, used it to make all his lodge meetings in Silverton, as well as for other social occasions. The eight miles to Silverton from Eureka normally took 20 minutes.
Casey seated 11 passengers, had a four-wheel pilot truck and a chain drive to the single rear axle, with brakes operated by turning the steering wheel. The car had a special jack built-in for setting it on the rails and for turning it around, while brooms were mounted just behind the pilot to clean the rails ahead of the car.
In 1918, after another misfortune, Casey was rebuilt again at a cost of $1,000; a Cadillac engine, transmission, drive shaft and differential were substituted for the old parts in the running gear. Old Casey Jones now is a prime exhibit of the San Juan County Historical Society in Silverton." (pg. 300)
"The railbus, Casey Jones, was rebuilt again in the summer of 1929, reaching its present form. The new 12-seat body - hardly a "body by Fisher" - was built by Hans Tanstad of the Eureka Carpenter Shop." (pg. 333)
