Several reasons, the health of his wife, the poor condition of the trailer, he felt it was a burden on him worrying about the future of the UC&N. So he offered it complete to Rick Steele a great friend of mine who in turn asked me what we should do with it, we had a couple of options and the best of the two, the Cheyenne Depot Museum with my persuation and enthusiasm as a board member jumped at the chance to own a small piece of Colorado history.
Good times and an exciting future.
Mike Pannell
Car 57, and DSP&P 3
Caboose 2516