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John West

November 08, 2016 10:11AM

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The water car was an interesting addition to the charter consist. I do not know if there is a historical precedent for water cars on the Silverton branch, but it provided water if we needed it for the overnight layover at Silverton (I am told we didn't). If I understand correctly it is an ex-Uintah car. I wonder if the more knowledgeable folks here can fill in more details about the cars history, how it ended up on the D&S, why the D&S fixed it up, and if water cars were ever used on the Silverton branch.

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A few more pix from October	John West	November 08, 2016 08:32AM
Re: A few more pix from October	KevinM	November 08, 2016 09:39AM
Re: A few more pix from October	John West	November 08, 2016 09:48AM
Re: A few more pix from October	pd3463	November 08, 2016 10:02AM
D&S Water car	John West	November 08, 2016 10:11AM
Re: D&S Water car	MD Ramsey	November 08, 2016 01:12PM
Re: D&S Water car	Greg Scholl	November 08, 2016 03:50PM
Re: A few more pix from October	hank	November 08, 2016 10:10AM
Highway 550	John West	November 08, 2016 10:13AM
Re: A few more pix from October	KevinM	November 08, 2016 10:36AM
Re: A few more pix from October	Greg Scholl	November 08, 2016 12:27PM
Re: A few more pix from October	Carl T. Henderson	November 08, 2016 12:33PM
Re: A few more pix from October	Greg Scholl	November 08, 2016 03:46PM
Uintah Water Cars to D&RGW	Charlie Mutschler	November 08, 2016 07:34PM
Re: Uintah Water Cars to D&RGW	BrianJ	November 09, 2016 10:40AM

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