Re: Colorado Railroad Museum Library?

As many of the readers of the forum know my brother and I are restorating a C&S caboose (1008) and since the beginning of our project we have worked with the Colorado Railroad Museum’s library and staff to acquire information and parts for the car. Most recently we requested an erection drawing of the “Standard” narrow gauge C&S caboose made in the early 1900’s rebuilding period. The drawing was located, copied, transferred to CD and shipped to us in California all for what I consider a minimal fee. This all completed by phone and email by people who were very willing to go out of their way to help us get the material we needed.
We made plans to visit the museum library when we were in Denver for the Narrow Gauge Convention last year. Knowing that we also wanted to do some measuring and photography on C&S caboose 1009 at the museum I contacted Jeff Taylor and made arrangements with him for a visit. Jeff opened the caboose for us to measure and photograph and when we had finished took us on a tour through the round house and his office. We then were taken to the library where we found some very special information pertaining to the entire C&S caboose fleet.
In my opinion the Colorado Railroad Museum staff and volunteers serve the public well and provide access to the volumes of historic and technical information on their shelves and on their tracks.
Richard Farmer