_ostresh@... (mailto:ostresh@...) writes:

There is also an F7B (Wyoming/Colorado 1511)that they have been busy
cutting up for the past week - is there anything special on it that
I should photograph?

Hi Larry,

If the skirts have been pulled off around the fuel tank and battery boxes,
(which I suspect happened years ago <G>) it might be nice to have some
detail shots of what's "in there". Usually, that area is in the shadows.

I'm sure there are photos of this area, floating around here and there, but
I haven't
seen them. <GG>

Just a thought, and thanks for asking!!!

Regards,
John








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Hi

There are two (possibly three) cars about to face the cutting torch
in my home town.
1. Rock Island wide vision caboose 17017 - excellent condition:
Sink, toilet, all windows intact, batteries and fuses in place, most
lettering legible, needs paint.
2. Bunk car used as an office by Wyoming/Colorado RR. Painted pink,
no lettering, otherwise in good condition, still on its trucks. I
believe this is one of the A-50-12 automobile cars built for the
Union Pacific in 1929 by Ralston Steel Car Co, road #s 152001-
152500: It has outside-braced steel sides with Dreadnaught ends.
3. We think the following will be spared, but are not certain:
Single track wedge snow plow UP 900015, good condition.

I've taken a bunch of photos of this equipment, but - on the
assumption it will disappear in the next week or so - I'm writing to
ask if there are particular things on any of these cars that I
should measure or photograph before it is too late?

There is also an F7B (Wyoming/Colorado 1511)that they have been busy
cutting up for the past week - is there anything special on it that
I should photograph?

Thanks
Larry

laramielarry wrote:

2. Bunk car used as an office by Wyoming/Colorado RR. Painted pink,
no lettering, otherwise in good condition, still on its trucks. I
believe this is one of the A-50-12 automobile cars built for the
Union Pacific in 1929 by Ralston Steel Car Co, road #s 152001-
152500: It has outside-braced steel sides with Dreadnaught ends.

A suggestion: If this car can be moved on a flat you might wqant to drop a
note to president@..., which is the Feather River Rail Musuem in
Portola CA. They have an extensive collection of older freight equipment
and this one might be of interest to them.

Dave Nelson

Larry,
Any idea if the caboose is road-worthy?
Brad

Pity; That¹s one area in Laramie I visit very summer when I go to my
cousin¹s dude ranch in Jelm.
--
Thanks!

Brian Ehni



From: laramielarry <ostresh@...>
Reply-To: <STMFC@...>
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:56:43 -0000
To: <STMFC@...>
Subject: [STMFC] Cars about to face cutting torch





Hi

There are two (possibly three) cars about to face the cutting torch
in my home town.
1. Rock Island wide vision caboose 17017 - excellent condition:
Sink, toilet, all windows intact, batteries and fuses in place, most
lettering legible, needs paint.
2. Bunk car used as an office by Wyoming/Colorado RR. Painted pink,
no lettering, otherwise in good condition, still on its trucks. I
believe this is one of the A-50-12 automobile cars built for the
Union Pacific in 1929 by Ralston Steel Car Co, road #s 152001-
152500: It has outside-braced steel sides with Dreadnaught ends.
3. We think the following will be spared, but are not certain:
Single track wedge snow plow UP 900015, good condition.

I've taken a bunch of photos of this equipment, but - on the
assumption it will disappear in the next week or so - I'm writing to
ask if there are particular things on any of these cars that I
should measure or photograph before it is too late?

There is also an F7B (Wyoming/Colorado 1511)that they have been busy
cutting up for the past week - is there anything special on it that
I should photograph?

Thanks
Larry







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Dear Larry,

Are you certain that the equipment will be scrapped over the next
week? Is this action being pushed by an outside force (i.e. lost
lease, town clean-up, etc) or would it be possible for the deadline to
be extended for a museum that expresses serious interest.

There are practically no museums that can act to save anything at the
drop of a hat. At the very least it requires convening the board of
directors, examining the mission statment and (most importantly) the
budget. Allowing a month for all this is light speed - at least 2-3
months is approaching a level of sanity - 6 months is realistic.

In all honesty, the single track wedge snow plow UP 900015 is the
least rare piece of equipment in this group.

Tom Cornillie

Here is a link that was forwarded to the Rock Island Technical Society
list:

http://faculty.simpson.edu/RITS/www/equipment/caboose/Kirkpatrick/17017.jpeg

Tom Cornillie

--- In STMFC@..., Brad Bourbina <bbbourb@...> wrote:

Larry,
Any idea if the caboose is road-worthy?
Brad

Hi Brad

The caboose does not look appreciably different now than it did in
this photo provided by Tom Cornillie, other than that the paint is
slightly more faded. My understanding is that the photo was taken at
Kings Canyon, Colorado, probably in the early to middle 1990s.

http://faculty.simpson.edu/RITS/www/equipment/caboose/Kirkpatrick/1701
7.jpeg

I don't know if it's road-worthy, although it sits on tracks and has
been moved about a hundred feet within the past couple of weeks.

Larry

Hi Everyone

Here is an update on the demolition taking place in Laramie: The
F7B, which was relatively intact last Sunday, is now rubble. For
photos from last week, see John Combs' website:
http://www.alaskarails.org/historical/former/alumni/1511/index.html

For photos from yesterday, see Nathan Holmes' website:
http://www.drgw.net/gallery/DRGW5552-Scrapping

The Rock Island caboose, UP bunk car, and possibly a UP snow plow
will apparently be scrapped starting next week. Photos of the
caboose and bunk car are on Nathan Holmes' website. Here is a brief
description of them:

1. Rock Island wide vision caboose 17017 - excellent condition:
Sink, toilet, all windows intact, batteries and fuses in place, most
lettering legible, needs paint.
2. Bunk car used as an office by Wyoming/Colorado RR. Painted pink,
no lettering, otherwise in good condition, still on its trucks. I
believe this is one of the A-50-12 automobile cars built for the
Union Pacific in 1929 by Ralston Steel Car Co, road #s 152001-
152500: It has outside-braced steel sides with Dreadnaught ends.
3. We think the following will be spared, but are not certain:
Single track wedge snow plow UP 900015, good condition.

Larry Ostresh
Laramie, Wyoming
ostresh@...

--- In STMFC@..., "laramielarry" <ostresh@...> wrote:

There are two (possibly three) cars about to face the cutting torch
in my home town.
1. Rock Island wide vision caboose 17017 - excellent condition:
Sink, toilet, all windows intact, batteries and fuses in place,

most

lettering legible, needs paint.
2. Bunk car used as an office by Wyoming/Colorado RR. Painted

pink,

no lettering, otherwise in good condition, still on its trucks. I
believe this is one of the A-50-12 automobile cars built for the
Union Pacific in 1929 by Ralston Steel Car Co, road #s 152001-
152500: It has outside-braced steel sides with Dreadnaught ends.
3. We think the following will be spared, but are not certain:
Single track wedge snow plow UP 900015, good condition.

Here is an update on the above equipment:

1. Steve Lee, head of the Union Pacific Steam Program, confirms that
RI caboose 17017 was purchased by the UP and will be moved to
Cheyenne.
2. Another party (not the UP) confirms that the bunk car will be
saved and possibly moved to the Boulder County Railway Historical
Society's site in Boulder Colorado.
3. Steve Lee confirms that the snow plow was purchased by the UP and
will be moved to Cheyenne.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Larry Ostresh
"laramielarry"