Re: What would you think? Moving railcars by truck

This caboose was a retired NP caboose, it was used in a restaurant in Vancouver Washington, (mid 1970's) along with other railroad cars, called "THE CROSSING", that had a fire and the restaurant closed down and everything was removed.




J.B.Bane Wrote:
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> This wreck of an NP caboose ended up in the
> possession of SVRR, so a narrow gauge connection
> to be sure. It had been acquired at no cost to
> SVRR with the idea of becoming additional crew
> quarters, something that did not come to pass. It
> continued it's journey back to soil for a few more
> years becoming a party house with potential
> liability for SVRR, on the outskirts of a small
> town in N.E.Ore. Last summer someone expressed
> interest in it, so we made a deal to make it go
> away. A member of a logging family bought it, and
> you can see how he moved it after a few false
> starts. Old truck axle parts under the caboose
> and a small loader to tow it about 10 miles up a
> back road to his site very early one Sunday
> morning. I remarked that I would not have wanted
> to follow it up the road for all the nails that
> probably fell out of it. As luck would have it, I
> was up that road a few days later and in fact got
> a flat tire from a small nail. So maybe an
> answer to the original question in a way to
> suggest how resourceful loggers are.

SMITTY GOIN' LOCO
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER, RETIRED
Last run July 24, 1992

Sometimes I sit and wonder how come I am not in a mental institution then I take a good look around at everyone else and realize, maybe I already am!!!