3585 in Chama, NM June 2011

[Joe Kanocz]

[Cole Adams]

Car 3585: D&RGRR/D&RGWRR 3000 series 30ft 25 ton box car
Build 1903, by the American Car and Foundry Company for $708.50
Delivered around February, 1904 to Denver and Rio Grande Railroad with board roof, KD brakes, 3' 7" flat top arch bar trucks, and etc..
U. S. Safety Appliances installed from 1912-1914- Cost $24.22
Rebuild July, 1926 by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad at Alamosa Shops with sheet metal Murphy roofs, Camel Iron-bound doors, and etc...
Purchased by Gorge Cook at unknown date
Not recorded in Spencer Wilson and Vernon Glover's, The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad-The Historic Preservation Study rolling stock listings of 1976 and 1977
Car listed in the revised 2001 reprint of Spencer Wilson and Vernon Glover's, The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad-The Historic Preservation Study
History past 1970 is limited- Reference materials needed

Citations:
D&RGW Durango to Alamosa and Salida, Richard L. Dorman and Bob Hayden
Full Circle, Spencer Wilson
The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad-The Historic Preservation Study, Spencer Wilson and Vernon Glover
Narrow Gauge Railroad Discussion Forum- 3000 box car as built, Rick Steele
Narrow Gauge Railroad Discussion Forum- D&RGW 3000 series boxcars, drgwcarman, JamesDurrenberger, and BillD
Narrow Gauge Railroad Discussion Forum- Boxcar #3132 Question...., El Nehi
Narrow Gauge Railroad Discussion Forum- Re: 3000's boxcar question, Rod Jensen, and dave g