CBC Caboose #1

: East Carbon, UT Sep. 10, 2014

This bay window caboose is found at East Carbon, Utah on 125 Whitmore Dr. East Carbon is located about 18 miles east of Wellington. This car is Carbon County Railway #1.

CBC #1 is a caboose built in 1960 by Thrall Car Manufacturing Co. respectively for the railway. Side barely shows the CARBON COUNTY RAILWAY COMPANY lettering at its top: see vintage photos linked below to find how it was in the 70’s.

Carbon County Railway (reporting mark, CBC) was a coal hauling railway established in 1922 by Utah Coal and Coke Company, a subsidiary of Columbia Steel Corporation, later United States Steel Corporation.
It carried coal to Columbia Steel mill at Ironton, UT, and later also to Geneva Steel mill at Vineyard, UT after it reached Geneva mine in 1942. The 10.8 miles railway connected the mine and Rio Grande at Columbia Junction. The railway was shut down in 1982 due to the closure of the mine.

* 1972 photo of CBC #1 found at UtahRails site;
* 1977 photo of CBC #1 found at Fallen Flag site;

: East Carbon, UT Sep. 10, 2014


このCarbon County Railway (reporting mark CBC)のカブースNo.1は、Wellingtonの東およそ18マイルに位置するEast Carbonで見つけた。1960年Thrall Car Manufacturing Co.製である。Southern Pacificのそれによく似ているが、中古車ではない。側面幕板にかすかにレタリングが残っている。