Thursday morning rail preservation news:
Ontario Northland caboose goes to Timmons, Ont., museum
A vintage Ontario Northland Railway caboose is now on display at the Timmins, Ontario, Museum, which is on the site of a former Ontario Northland station. CTV News reports the caboose was made available by longtime owner Paul Woodward of Timmins, who had hoped to use it for a business that never launched. Local heavy equipment repair and manufacturing firm The Bucket Shop donated $5,000 for purchase of the caboose, and was also involved in its refurbishing. The museum has yet to complete relettering of the caboose and is still considering how it will be used.
Colorado passenger car dating to 1896 moved, will be assessed for restoration
A passenger car dating to 1896 that has been on display in Idaho Springs, Colo., has been moved for the first time in more than 35 years, in order to be assessed for restoration. The Golden Transcript reports that the coach, which has been on display adjacent to Idaho Springs City Hall, has been moved to the Silver Plume, Colo., shops of Historic Rail Adventures, operator of the Georgetown Loop Railroad. The railroad will assess the cost of restoring the coach, and the city will then seek grants to fund the project. The car was built by the St. Charles (Mo.) Coach Co. for the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railroad, and operated on the Colorado & Southern. When the rail line was abandoned, the coach and a locomotive were donated to Clear Creek County; the railcar was restored in 1983 and given to the city.
Alco on display in Utica, N.Y., is moved
A rare Alco RSC2 that has been on display outside the Utica, N.Y., Children’s Museum is being relocated. WKTV-TV reports work began Wednesday to lay tracks to move the former Seaboard Air Line locomotive from its display location near the city’s Union Station to a spot where it could be trucked to its new home in Remsen, N.Y. The locomotive was built in 1949 for the Seaboard, and also saw service with the New York, Susquehanna & Western and Florida Power and Light before being acquired by the Adirondack Railway Preservation Society. It is currently painted for the Adirondack Railway. The move was necessary because of the museum’s relocation.
