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November 27, 2000 02:30PM
I heard a similar one of an SP&S autobox found on an inaccesable siding on a branch in Oregon. When the BN formed in 1970 , it took several years for a complete inventory .The car was opened and it was full of brand new 1952 Chevies ! The guess that a crooked crew didn't have the cojones to get the cars out and sell them . Reportedly the BN didn't mind as they sold the "antiques" for 8 times the original price ! Boxcars have disappeared completely from the rails over the decades . Another tale was an entire boxcar disappeared ,with its load of Egyptian antiquities(from King Tut's tomb ,of course!). Most likely cars that disappeared are those that were in multi-car wrecks or floods and mistakes in accounting for these , among thousands of freight cars owned by a large railroad. I think we all love these apocryphal tales ,and even more so when they come true .
Some recent true stories are of a Baldwin tank 2-8-2 that was left in the woods after a forest fire in Northern California .This engine was eventually rescued and restores in the early 1970s .Also the abandoned 20" gauge Porters above Morenci,Arizona were taken out of their remote location in the 1980s . A 2-foot gauge Shay was taken out of the woods of Alabama ,and restored to operation at Magic Mountain in the late 1970s .This engine is for sale ,by the way . A Climax was taken out of the woods on Vancouver Island in the 1970s and restored by a private owner there .
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Urban Legends .

El Coke November 27, 2000 12:42PM

Re: Urban Legends .

rick b November 27, 2000 01:02PM

Re: Urban Legends . *PIC*

rick b November 27, 2000 01:11PM

Saving What You Can *PIC*

ncng9 November 27, 2000 03:33PM

Re: Saving What You Can

Curtis F. November 28, 2000 09:37AM

Re: NCNG #9

pmcassell November 28, 2000 10:39AM

Re: NCNG #9

Frank Martindell November 29, 2000 07:53PM

Re: NCNG #9 where are u?

pmcassell November 30, 2000 02:46PM

NCNG #9 in Africa

ncng9 November 30, 2000 04:47PM

Re: NCNG #9 in Africa

Frank Martindell December 05, 2000 12:00PM

Re: NCNG #9 in the PI

pmcassell December 05, 2000 01:11PM

Re: NCNG #9 in the PI

Ted Miles December 06, 2000 09:19AM

Re: NCNG #9 in the PI

Curtis F. December 06, 2000 10:25AM

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pmcassell December 06, 2000 11:22AM

Shredded

El Coke December 05, 2000 06:11PM

Re: Shredded

ncng9 December 05, 2000 07:15PM

Re: Shredded *PIC*

Curtis F. December 06, 2000 12:26AM

Re: Shredded *PIC*

ncng9 December 06, 2000 05:12PM

more tales from the crypt.

El Coke November 27, 2000 02:30PM

Re: more tales from the crypt.

Tim Bain (The Wiper) November 27, 2000 04:24PM

Re: more tales from the crypt.

Chris November 28, 2000 04:55PM

Re: Urban Legends .

Dave Peterson November 27, 2000 02:24PM

Re: Urban Legends .

Fred T November 27, 2000 05:33PM

Nothing like a railroad version of hell *NM*

Grant Houston November 28, 2000 08:37PM

Truth can be stranger than fiction

RichB November 27, 2000 07:16PM

Re: Truth can be stranger than fiction

El Jugo November 27, 2000 07:25PM

More lost goodies...

Bon Mot November 27, 2000 10:55PM

Re: More lost goodies...

Dave Lamson (ex-B&M) November 27, 2000 11:16PM

Re: More lost goodies...

Curtis F. November 28, 2000 09:45AM

Re: Urban Legends .

Erik Ledbetter November 28, 2000 01:24PM

Re: Urban Legends .

Curtis F. November 28, 2000 02:31PM

Re: Urban Legends .

Erik Ledbetter November 28, 2000 02:41PM

The Fountainhead

El Coke November 28, 2000 03:05PM

C&O Church Hill Tunnel

Vern Glover November 28, 2000 05:29PM

Not really lost goodies

Stevo del Applegato November 28, 2000 09:49PM

Vinegar Valley Special

David Dewey November 29, 2000 12:24AM

Re: Vinegar Valley Special

Stevo del Applegato November 29, 2000 07:44AM

Re: Vinegar Valley Special

David Dewey November 30, 2000 12:38AM



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