Kettle Moraine Combine Spotted....

FRED · **Posted:** Mon Oct 07, 2002 3:00 am

on a flat car in Cheyenne aimed west. Is Steve Butler taking it down to Chama?

Chama · **Posted:** Mon Oct 07, 2002 7:46 am

> on a flat car in Cheyenne aimed west. Is
> Steve Butler taking it down to Chama?

It's on the way to the Santa Fe Southern.

Jeff Terry · **Posted:** Mon Oct 07, 2002 4:09 pm

What a relief. I thought I was seeing things. I swear I saw a C&NW combine on a flatcar when I was passing through Boone, Iowa the other day. The train it was on was moving so fast I couldn't catch up with it. By the way, Boone's 2-8-2 has not steamed all year and may not next year because they haven't done the part 230 work yet.

Jeff Terry

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Allan · **Posted:** Fri Oct 11, 2002 11:57 am

Just learned recently that the business car at Kettle Moraine will be going to Oconomowoc, WI to be part of a restaurant. Hope the other equipment there finds a little better home, like at a museum.

Allan

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Tom Cornillie · **Posted:** Fri Oct 11, 2002 6:14 pm

Does anybody have any info on this car, such as its history (ownership, rebuilds, etc) and how it was used at Kettle Moraine and what its current configuration and condition is? Any photos? I have heard briefly via other sources about the restaurant proposal - has anybody seen plans/artists conceptions for how the car is to be used?

Thanks,
Tom

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Christopher G. Pitzen · **Posted:** Wed Oct 16, 2002 12:52 am

> Does anybody have any info on this car, such
> as its history (ownership, rebuilds, etc)
> and how it was used at Kettle Moraine and
> what its current configuration and condition
> is? Any photos? I have heard briefly via
> other sources about the restaurant proposal
> - has anybody seen plans/artists conceptions
> for how the car is to be used?

> Thanks,
> Tom

If it is the car I am thinking of (steel, heavyweight with observation platform) it was in that MOW faded red color and in need of a good amount of work. As far as heritage I don't know. Museum would be nice though if someone is willing to fix her up even though for a restaurant I think that is better than being razorblades or my next automobile. She may not be historically correct when put in the restaurant but she is probably not much more than a shell right now anyhow.

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