December 27, 2019 12:49PM
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I rode in 1971 and 1972. In some ways it seems like a lifetime ago, in other ways is seems like only yesterday. That 249 car you see in a couple of pics was a restroom-equipped car. We rode in that car up the hill out of Chama simply because it was on the head and and I wanted to make an audio recording of 483 at work. 249 was built from 3244. Its original number was painted into the top header of the wall framing above the door location. When we got home, I was busy painting and lettering an HOn3 Tomalco boxcar we had just finished. In honor of that day, the model was numbered "3244". 3244 is still a restroom car. Now returned to its mostly-box appearance and used on charter trains.
Jim Shawcroft and "employee2" Rich Braden were the engine crew.
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