Photograph
By: |
Lisa
M. Hadley |
Location: |
Boulder,
Colorado |
Canon
EOS Digital Rebel XT
Boulder County Railway Historical Society
Display & Restoration Site / Valmont & Indian Rd. |
Date
Taken: |
June
11, 2005 |
Identification: |
Colorado & Wyoming
Flatcar A2 (Built ~1910) |
Hosted
By/At: |
TrainWeb.org/rradventures |
Display
#3 |
The
exact history of this car is presently unknown, although it most likely
started life as an Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe drop bottom gondola
built around 1910. At some point the car was acquired by the
Colorado & Wyoming and by the 1930's it was used as a base for a home
built wrecking crane. The car was later rebuilt to it present
configuration and served the C&W into the 1990's. The Colorado
& Wyoming Railway was operated by the CF&I Steel and ran west from
Trinidad, Colorado to serve coal mines in the area. The line was
abandoned in 2003. |
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