Scott Gibbs Wrote:
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> The car body for short refrigerator car 54 is
> sitting is Silverton. The car body is sitting on
> raised blocks to protect the sills from damage.
> Most of the other 30 foot refrigerator car bodies
> in the San Luis valley were dropped directly on
> the ground when the cars were sold by the D&RGW..
> When DRHS investigated many of these cars the
> sills were badly damaged. DRHS moved the body of
> 54 along with car 39 to Silverton several years
> ago. Car 39 has been restored. The internal ice
> bunkers were replaced in car 39 during the
> restoration.
>
> Scott
That is pretty neat Scott, the photo I attached in this thread is of 54 in Alamosa. Nice to know that it's in good hands and will someday be restored. Thanks for sharing.
William
aka drgwk37