AT&SF 999637 Caboose - Seagraves, TX
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N 32° 56.430 W 102° 33.780
13S E 727835 N 3647326
Located on the left side of the Gaines County Museum behind a chainlink fence. Caboose is steel. The cupola was removed for mine service. Class CE-4
Waymark Code: WM13B85
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/30/2020
Views: 2
Railfan Website"Rebuilt in 1969 from Ce-3 class cars of the same numbers, the Ce-4 class cars emerged without cupolas. They were used in southern New Mexico on the copper ore shuttles from the Chino open-pit copper mine at Santa Rita to the smelter at Hurley. Clearances at Hurley were such that a caboose with a cupola wouldn't fit through the unloader. When the Santa Fe's shuttle trains were replaced by a slurry pipeline in 1982, the Ce-4's were out of a job. They were briefly reassigned to local work elsewhere, but all were off the roster by the mid-1980's."
Current Use:
Museum display
Type Of Caboose: Cupola, "Standard"
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