A variety of different types of old rr equipment (passenger cars, cabooses, a wrecker, and freight cars) is being collected in Praire Du Chein, WI, at a couple of different locations.
Does anyone know of the plans for this equipment? A future museum perhaps?

ddg14@msn.com

> A variety of different types of old rr
> equipment (passenger cars, cabooses, a
> wrecker, and freight cars) is being
> collected in Praire Du Chein, WI, at a
> couple of different locations.
> Does anyone know of the plans for this
> equipment? A future museum perhaps?

That stuff has been there for years (minimum 10.) Unfortunately, I don't know what the purpose of it is. It may just be somebody's collection.


ablemanscurve@hotmail.com

Hopefully someone plans on doing something with it soon. It's all in really sorry shape, and it would be a shame to loose so many pieces of historic equipment.
> That stuff has been there for years (minimum
> 10.) Unfortunately, I don't know what the
> purpose of it is. It may just be somebody's
> collection.


ddg14@msn.com

Hopefully someone plans on doing something with it soon. It's all in really sorry shape, and it would be a shame to loose so many pieces of historic equipment.
> That stuff has been there for years (minimum
> 10.) Unfortunately, I don't know what the
> purpose of it is. It may just be somebody's
> collection.


ddg14@msn.com

Hopefully someone plans on doing something with it soon. It's all in really sorry shape, and it would be a shame to loose so many pieces of historic equipment.
> That stuff has been there for years (minimum
> 10.) Unfortunately, I don't know what the
> purpose of it is. It may just be somebody's
> collection.


ddg14@msn.com

Hopefully someone plans on doing something with it soon. It's all in really sorry shape, and it would be a shame to loose so many pieces of historic equipment.
> That stuff has been there for years (minimum
> 10.) Unfortunately, I don't know what the
> purpose of it is. It may just be somebody's
> collection.


ddg14@msn.com

Hopefully someone plans on doing something with it soon. It's all in really sorry shape, and it would be a shame to loose so many pieces of historic equipment.
> That stuff has been there for years (minimum
> 10.) Unfortunately, I don't know what the
> purpose of it is. It may just be somebody's
> collection.


ddg14@msn.com

Hopefully someone plans on doing something with it soon. It's all in really sorry shape, and it would be a shame to loose so many pieces of historic equipment.
> That stuff has been there for years (minimum
> 10.) Unfortunately, I don't know what the
> purpose of it is. It may just be somebody's
> collection.


ddg14@msn.com

Hopefully someone will do something with it soon. It's in pretty sorry shape, and it would be a real shame to loose so much historic equipment.
> That stuff has been there for years (minimum
> 10.) Unfortunately, I don't know what the
> purpose of it is. It may just be somebody's
> collection.


ddg14@msn.com

Hopefully someone will do something with it soon.
It's in really sorry shape, and it would be a shame to loose so much historic equipment.
> That stuff has been there for years (minimum
> 10.) Unfortunately, I don't know what the
> purpose of it is. It may just be somebody's
> collection.


ddg14@msn.com

> That stuff has been there for years (minimum
> 10.) Unfortunately, I don't know what the
> purpose of it is. It may just be somebody's
> collection.

A dozen years ago, an individual that operated a string of tourist oriented wineries in the Upper Mississippi Vally acquired cars to be used in his ventures. I believe he stored them at PdC. They had outlets in Galena, IL; LaCross, WS; and McGregor, IA. Baggage Car Burgandy from Wisconsin--the very idea gives me the DTs.

fred_ash@bankone.com

Hopefully someone will do something with it soon. It's in pretty sad shape, and it would be a shame to loose so much historic equipment.
> That stuff has been there for years (minimum
> 10.) Unfortunately, I don't know what the
> purpose of it is. It may just be somebody's
> collection.


ddg14@msn.com

Hopefully someone plans to do something with it soon. It's in pretty sorry shape, and it would be a shame to loose so much historic equipment.
> That stuff has been there for years (minimum
> 10.) Unfortunately, I don't know what the
> purpose of it is. It may just be somebody's
> collection.


ddg14@msn.com

> A variety of different types of old rr
> equipment (passenger cars, cabooses, a
> wrecker, and freight cars) is being
> collected in Praire Du Chein, WI, at a
> couple of different locations.
> Does anyone know of the plans for this
> equipment? A future museum perhaps?

The equipment at PDC is owned by Blair Dillman
of Prairie Sand and Gravel. He had planned on
using the cabooses for a motel. Several of the
passenger cars were used as a bar just north of
the US 18 bridge along the Mississippi River.
The cars got moved into storage a few years ago
after he moved the bar into the old MILW PDC
depot just east of where the cars were.


edraye@yahoo.com

Hopefully someone does something with it soon. It's in really sad shape, and it would be a shame to loose so many pieces of historic equipment.
> That stuff has been there for years (minimum
> 10.) Unfortunately, I don't know what the
> purpose of it is. It may just be somebody's
> collection.


ddg14@msn.com