1923 UP Caboose Restoration Project :: Moffat Road Railroad Museum ~ Granby, Colorado














			current Caboose Restoration Progress photos courtesy of Jim McKinney
			1923 UP Caboose Restoration Project Scroll over the thumbnails below for a large version of the caboose progress in the photo frame above.
			Historic Caboose Has Arrived for the Interpretive Center! REALLY EXCITING NEWS!!! On December 27th, 2010, the Moffat Road Railroad Museum received their first piece of railroad equipment for the Railroad Interpretive Park at the museum site next to the Kaibab ball fields. The photos above show the process of receiving the caboose - arriving by truck and using a crane to move it from the truck to it's final destination in the Interpretive Center Park. Let the restoration begin! About the Car This piece of equipment is a generous donation from the Lonie Bahr family in Falls City, Nebraska. It is a 1923 Class CA-1 off-set cupola all wood UP caboose. It is very rare to find an all wood caboose in as excellent condition as this one is and the caboose has not been modified. We have already done the research on this caboose and know that it is a correct caboose number built by the Mt. Vernon Car Company in May of 1923 with the original number of 2655-renovated in December of '63 and retired in September if '67. It is only one of 175 made from 1913 to 1924. Very few are left. Restoration It is a red caboose that needs restoring. This will be the first restoration piece for the museum and will need the community's help. Time-money-materials will all be needed to complete the restoration. The caboose does not have any trucks (wheels) but Dave Naples is looking for them and has several leads. We will use several 3’ tall cement stands to keep the unit off the ground and to be able to work on the caboose. Please help the Moffat Road Railroad Museum get a great start by helping us to restore our caboose. This is a great opportunity for the community to rally around a project that we can all be proud of, all while preserving our history! How to Contribute It cost around $3,000 to move the caboose from Nebraska to Granby. The museum has applied for a grant with Union Pacific for $38,000 to restore the car, but are still waiting to hear back as to whether it will be awarded or not. To donate specifically for this project, Donate Now and mark your donation to be allocated to the 1923 Caboose Project. If you would like to help get this project underway by donating resources, please contact Dave Naples at 970.887.9478 or email info@moffatroadrailroadmuseum.org. In the News Read more about the caboose in the article published in the Sky Hi Daily News.