Re: Strange passenger coach on Sumpter Valley Christmast Train

That's correct Bret, all four cars arrived at the same time. As I mentioned above, the cars arrived without decks but were more or less complete otherwise. The brake rigging was missing some parts though and the first four months operations were with engine air only, but we had only a few hundred feet of track at the time.

I have a few other photos from then and I'll see if I can confirm the date they arrived. To my knowlege Lee Myers is the only one from that time still living, although Bob Black was involved fairly early.

The other two cars are stored unserviceable at McEwen, but I don't remember their numbers and there is no longer any visable lettering. The frame on one is broken and it has been stripped of most usable parts. The other car was used for ballasting by the D&RGW, and has a chute between the center frame members. (There was a thread on this car some time back.) It is on rails though it no longer has its original trucks and is missing some other parts. It could be restored, but the wood is not in first class condition and it it would probibly not be suitable for use.