2000
The "pot" and the boxcar. Together for the
first time (and last). Thanks to Ken Riddle and many others (check
his website) for making this happen. The boxcar sat since the
50s in a pile of sawdust at a sawmill in Shell Creek. The bottom
beams are made of locust wood and look practically new. Amazing.
With some convict labor (musta been some of Ken's friends :^)
new sheathing and a new roof walk were added. The narrow gauge
trucks came from the D&RGW courtesy of the Doe River Gorge
Christian Camp. The "pot" was barely rescued in time
before the devastating fire at the NAR plant in Elizabethton
this past February. These are sitting on dual-gauge track in
a permanent display across 19E from the park and covered bridge.
You can't miss them. Hope Ken can wrangle the number 505 caboose
to put behind them some day.