Re: Carson & Colorado #1

Roosso,

Well, the SP had 2-8-0 #1 that came from the N-C-O. The C&C had been gone as a corporate entity about 23 years when that locomotive arrived on its former line.

But at that time railroad had another caboose #1 (an ex-SPC car that later became caboose #400), 2-8-0 #1, coach #1 and derrick (hand crank style) #1. Coach #1 was rebuilt to combine #7 and later designated caboose #17 and that burned on July 4th, 1943, from a fire of undetermined origin.

And this later combine #7 should not be confused with the V&T-built C&C combine #7 that looked like a miniature version of V&T combines 16 & 17.

In a number of instances, the numbering of the C&C cars was continued forward through all the various corporate changes:

Carson & Colorado
Nevada & California
Central Pacific
Southern Pacific..

This is enough for this hour of the night.

Brian Norden



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/26/2016 01:00AM by Brian Norden.