High Plains caboose trucks find

car57 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:19 pm

Well as you all know we specialise in rolling stock restorations without wheels, it's about to change with your generous help as s possibly 4 sets of UP caboose trucks have been found, it took 8 years to find trucks for Car 57 our Pullman and so far 6 years for caboose trucks, yet here they are !
https://www.gofundme.com/6baoztc

Mike Pannell
High Plains Railroad Preservation

BigBoy 4023 · **Joined:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 1:40 am **Posts:** 489

That is an incredible find there. How did you guys go about finding them? Any ideas if they came off any of the cars you guys saved?

Robert

car57 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2018 10:07 pm

Found with the help of a Facebook follower, yes that evil Facebook does it again.
We will not ever know what cabooses they are from , they are in MT.

J3a-614 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2018 11:34 pm

Lucky, lucky, lucky!!

Things like this make you wonder how much else is out there that we don't know about.

Not likely to be a Hudson in a barn, but some other things are pretty handy!!

BigBoy 4023 · **Joined:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 1:40 am **Posts:** 489

Almost had a Hudson. A simple clerical error caused it to be scrapped. NYC 5344. Even had the original smaller tender paired back up with it.

Robert

TrainDetainer · **Joined:** Wed Nov 23, 2016 7:05 pm **Posts:** 283

Very nice. Can't wait to see them under your cars...

PMC · **Joined:** Sat Oct 17, 2015 5:55 pm **Posts:** 2893

Almost unbelievable, whomever preserved those (for what reason?) saved you an immense amount of effort, even if the wood must be replaced.

DWH · **Joined:** Thu Sep 14, 2017 4:38 pm **Posts:** 46

Any other treasures hiding out in this outdoor storage facility?

car57 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 28, 2018 11:52 am

I will report back when i go to the site soon.

Mike

QJdriver · **Posted:** Wed Oct 31, 2018 4:56 pm

CONGRATULATIONS Mike !!! It couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

Happy Halloween,
Sammy

mikefrommontana · **Posted:** Thu Nov 01, 2018 12:02 pm

If those trucks are where I think they are (didn't think he had more than the couple I saw a decade ago).... well you're in for a treat. All sorts of cool stuff there.

Out of deference to the truck owner, I am not going to say where these are, but if you need interesting industrial stuff and have the means to buy it, let me know.

Michael Seitz
Missoula MT