Re: 0587

IIRC most of the remaining hardware went to the scrapper. We may have saved a couple grab irons, etc. I know the scrapper got all the trucks & draft gear from all the burned ex-DRGW cars. They were I believe cast & were just full of spiderweb cracks from the fire heat then doused with cold water during fire fighting effort. Wish we had saved more small hardware, but after insurance authorized salvage, the effort was to clean up the site, so we could build a new enginehouse over the locomotives, after a year exposed to the elements, and not a lick of paint after the fire.
John Harbeck -- Hesston Steam Museum