Re: Last Train to Farmington, Fifty Years Ago (+ 5 days), by Ernie Robart

Whitcomb1 Wrote:
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> I take it all the cars were scrapped in place?

Some boxcars survived. Bernie Watts bought several as entire cars. Some cars were still being used as storage by one of the drilling mud suppliers. Bernie was able to get the trucks, couplers and air brake equipment off these cars and took all the stuff to Chama. The trucks, etc. was the parts source to keep the fleet of boxcar/coaches rolling for several years. Some of the boxcars are seen today in phraudo charters.

The remaining bodies were eventually bought by the D&S, who have set them out as storage sheds along the line.

The flats and pipe gons got cut up in place.