Earl Wrote:
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> The car was a 9600 class pipe gondola that started
> out life as a standard gauge box car of the same
> series as those on display in Antonito. It was
> converted to narrow gauge around 1956 to haul gas
> pipe. It is/was a historic car that should have
> been preserved. As recall there are only 2 of
> them on the railroad.
>
> There is a pile of SG box car underframes over in
> Antonito that would have been great for this
> project and a historic piece of rolling stock
> would not have been compromised.
Hi Earl, thanks for the information, you filled in a lot of blanks.