[quote="linkthebutler"]Well, well, well...
...first I see a well seasoned pile of firewood...,
but maybe this are the remains of some NP 24ft caboose.
Sadly, I think it has gone well beyond seasoned. I would not be surprised to learn that the structure of this caboose had less moisture content when it was part of living tress.
Thanks to all for the replies. I knew I had seen that style of caboose before, I just was not thinking outside the box of railroads that would have been in the general vicinity of Alama, Kansas and forgetting how the BN brought Great Northern and Northern Pacific stuff to places it would not otherwise have ended up.
It is a pretty complete car, the steel frame and trucks are long gone, but even the platform steps are still with it. (makes me wonder if it survived for a while as a complete car and only lost the frame relatively recently).
No numbers were visible as they had all been painted over (inside the car as well), for what ever that is worth
If only wood railroad cars once restored stayed restored, I would be tempted to drag this one home. Instead, I suppose I suppose I will re-restore that which I restored 20 years ago.
Jason Midyette
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