Caboose place

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The owner, Bart Long, said yesterday that he intends to do a first class restoration, inside and out, including sandblasting and painting in NW red. His enthusiasm is backed by his success in the redevelopment of many historic buildings on State Street, Bristol.

The lift and place event was covered in a photo story that takes up most of the front page of this morning's Bristol Herald Courier.

Mike Pierry, Jr.

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> Cool. Another one saved. So now... are we going to organize a group to paint 

> and pretty it? It looks good but could use some paint!

> BTW Stu Shenk shared with me some interesting stories about the Galax New 

> River Trail caboose. It was an ACY unit that, while not painted and numbered 

> as 557069, actually was never painted for the N&W in its real life. And it 

> sits on trucks from non-matching railroads... AND even more entertaining.. 

> as they spent hour upon hour trying to get it to sit level on the section of 

> track there in Galax, they never could get it to sit level... one end of the 

> cab sat higher. It was then they took measurements of the wheels and 

> realized one truck had 36" wheels, the other apparently 33" wheels as they 

> were NOT the same size. Funny how things like that happen....

> 

> Bob Welsh

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> > In Bristol this morning, caboose 555644 was successfully lifted off the NS 

> > track in Scott Street and, in two moves, placed on the awaiting private 

> > rails for display by the owner, Bart Long.

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> > Mike Pierry, Jr.

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