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In 1992 the Santa Fe Railroad auctioned their last 26 cabooses. As a result of this auction and another purchase, Train Mountain probably owns more Santa Fe cabooses than any other museum. A collection of thirteen cars. (3/01)
The Train Mountain collection of full sized (4' 8 1/2ÔÇØ gauge) rolling stock fulfills three functions.
The first is to preserve examples of typical rolling stock so that present and future generations will be able to see for themselves what those cars were like. The best (or only) example of each car type is designated for either restoration or preservation, as appropriate.
The second is to use old cars to perform their original function in a new way or in a new location. Old water tank cars end up on hilltops storing water for irrigation or fire suppression. Old moving sleepers become stationary sleepers.
The third is to remodel old cars to give them a new life as an alternative to being cut up for scrap. After the best of five identical cabooses is slated for restoration or preservation, the remaining four will be slated for conversion to a dispatching center, a guest cabin or a caretaker's cabin. It turns out that old flat cars make fine bridges.
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Flat Cars
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We acquired, principally from the OC&E, a number of flat cars with the intention of using them for bridges.
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Miscellaneous Rail Cars and Equipment
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This collection includes cars from the Alaska, Burlington Northern, Columbia & Cowlitz, Denver, Rio Grande & Western, Missouri Pacific, Santa Maria Valley and Western Pacific Railroads. A collection of eleven cars. (3/01)
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OCE Railroad
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In 1993, Weyerhaeuser liquidated the Oregon, California & Eastern Railroad. Train Mountain purchased the only collection of OC&E cars to end up in a museum. A collection of nineteen cars. The OC&E was a logging railroad that ran north and east from Klamath Falls to Sprague River, Bly and Beatty. Originally owned jointly by the Great Northern and Southern Pacific Railroads, it was purchased by Weyerhaeuser in 1923. Weyerhaeuser had always owned the Woods Line branch that went north from Bly to Sycan Marsh. In the later years, the rolling stock bore both OC&E and Weyco markings and consisted principally of log bunks supplemented by a handful of other cars. In the early 1990's, when it became more economical to use trucks to haul the little bit of timber left along the line's right of way, Weyerhaeuser liquidated both the OC&E and the Woods line, selling the rolling stock and scrapping the rail and ties. The right of way is now a fine bicycle path from Klamath Falls to Sycan Marsh--the result of a ÔÇÿrails-to-trailsÔÇÖ conversion. This was when Train Mountain purchased the only group of OC&E cars to end up in a railroad museum. We got one oil storage car, one caboose, one spreader, two speeders, three speeder trailers, five water tank cars and seventeen log bunk cars. All of these cars came directly from service on the OC&E Railroad to Train Mountain. Four of these cars are on display in Six-Acre Campground as a rolling stock consist that might have run on the OC&E: a tank car, two log bunk cars and a caboose. (3/01)
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SP Railroad
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In 1991 The Southern Pacific sold a group of bay window cabooses to a scrapper. We were able to acquire them before they were cut up for scrap. A collection of eight cars.
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UP Railroad
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Our Union Pacific cabooses and crew cars were acquired from scrappers in the mid-1990's. In 2000, the Union Pacific donated some further cars, which we will add to the roster when delivered in 2001. Currently, a collection of six cars.