A list of surviving narrow gauge equipment that I have says that Denver & Rio Grande Western high side gondolas #1282, 1488 and 1826 are/were in Hill City South Dakota on the Black Hills Central. Does anyone know if these cars are still there or if not when they left and where they went?
Coincidentaly, three stripped down D&RGW gondolas appeared in Laramie Wyoming in the early 1990's. Noone seems to know the car's numbers or where they came from. Last year, the three cars were moved again, one to South Fork Colorado and the Denver & Rio Grande Railway Historical Foundation and two to Boulder Colorado One of the cars in Boulder has "D&RGW 1282" stencilled on one of its truck bolsters, so we assumed that it is 1282.
Jason Midyette