Nice old boxcar restoration not previously noted

Les Beckman · **Joined:** Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:25 pm **Posts:** 6482

Photographer thought this old car was later scrapped, when he ran across it in 1992:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... x?id=55493

Showing what can be done, here's that restored car in 2015:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=4154299

The Knoxville & Holston River Railroad operates the Three River Rambler train out of Knoxville and has also restored two Consolidations; Rockton & Rion 2-8-0 #203 and Southern #154, with another steam restoration in the works. Nice to see that they also do excellent work on the lowly freight car!

Les

Trackwalker · **Joined:** Wed Nov 29, 2017 8:40 pm **Posts:** 4

Nice!

ted66 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2018 4:20 pm

Les,
Since your wide-ranging interest includes wood freight cars, we have several at the Western Railway Museum. They are two Sacramento Northern box cars, a caboose and a flat car, two Central California Traction Company boxes, a D&RGW box, a Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomic box, a Pacific Fruit Express reefer and a US Army box car.

I can't post pictures; but the museum web site roster has them. they all live indoors as wood cars deserve to.

Ted Miles, WRM Archives Department

Les Beckman · **Joined:** Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:25 pm **Posts:** 6482

Ted -

Did some checking and there's quite an extensive roster of freight equipment. Very much appreciate the info.

Les