Welcome! Log In Create A New Profile

Re: Red passenger cars in the 30s

Forum List Message List New Topic Print View

Bob Meckley

February 02, 2017 10:27AM

Registered: 16 years ago
Posts: 294

Here is a picture of 300 at Salida in 1940. My WAG that this was a way to show the government that the railroad was spending its CCC money wisely, putting old passenger cars in service for transportation of the men in the camps. A little red paint to impress the government bean counters. That is only if the government did pay the D&RGW to refurbish those long out of service cars. There was a large CCC camp in the Montrose area.

Bob Meckley

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/02/2017 06:36PM by Bob Meckley.

Reply Quote

Message List Previous Message Next Message

RSS

Subject	Author	Posted
Red passenger cars in the 30s	pd3463	January 29, 2017 07:11PM
Re: Red passenger cars in the 30s	pd3463	January 31, 2017 03:41PM
Re: Red passenger cars in the 30s	Bob Meckley	February 02, 2017 10:27AM
Re: Red passenger cars in the 30s	Fritz Klinke	February 02, 2017 11:21AM
Re: Red passenger cars in the 30s	pd3463	February 02, 2017 01:47PM
Re: Red passenger cars in the 30s	pd3463	February 02, 2017 01:55PM

Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.

Click here to login

488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter

The NGDF was started by Don Richter and is currently operated in his memory by Nathan Holmes and others. Others who have contributed to the upkeep of this board are (in no particular order): Charles McCandless, Everett Lueck, Ted Wilton, Cole Adams, James Bane, John Moellmer, Jon Bentz, Linn Moedinger, lloyd lehrer, Rod Jensen, John Craft, Steven Forney, Herb Kelsey, Bill Ramaley, Russ Sperry (El Russo Loco), Josh McNeal, John West, Jim Armstrong, Bob Bergstrom, Greg Scholl, Blake Forbes Doug van Veelen and Mark Fuller.