Here's a note from Keith Berry:
The Camino, Placerville, and Lake Tahoe caboose will be primed and painted
over the next two weeks. The exterior will be a dark green, as determined form
original paint chips. Once painted, the grab irons will be bolted onto the
car. The cupola and freight doors remain to be completed. The wheel trucks are a
current focus to insure they are ready when the car body is completed.
All volunteers working on El Dorado County's only home built-home and operated
caboose are to be thanked for their efforts, time and determination to
recreate this piece of local history.
As a side note, we have recently
received a photograph showing the caboose at Camino after being significantly
damaged from collision with an unknown source. Thanks to this event, the caboose
was not sold to another railroad once the CPLT began using a diesel locomotive,
which led to the caboose being stripped of its trucks, couplers and air brake
equipment.
Thankfully, it was sold to a private party in Camino, then to another
private party in Shingle Springs for a kids playhouse. The collision saved the
caboose and (indirectly) led to it's donation to the museum, and now it's recreation on the
El Dorado Western Railroad. Another photograph shows a much bolder white
lettering on the sides and above the entry doors on each end.
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