| Car # | City | State | Information | Source | Photo Link | Aerial Photo |
| 5510 | Chama | NM | 30', single deck, excursion, D&RGW, this car has been pieced out to rebuild others such as 34' stock car 5995 | Photo | ||
| 5512 | Olathe | CO | 30', six miles west of Olathe and 2 miles south of Pea Green, on a farm, 1 of 4 | Bill Pratt | ||
| 5514 | Alva | OK | 30', painted gray | Jason Midyette | Photo | |
| 5516 | Paonia | CO | 30', Was at Sundown & Southern, Sold to Sumpter Valley and restored to early livery. Now privately owned and displayed in the collection of the old west town at Bear Ranch. | Jason Midyette Jerry Huck |
Photo |
Aerial |
| 5520 5598 |
Grand Island | NE | 30', double deck, Stuhr Museum, Victor Stone. This one has long been listed as 5598 but Jason recently captured 5520 in a shot of the interior. | Steve Peck Jason Midyette |
Photo | |
| 5522 | Nevada City | CA | 30', Nevada County Narrow Gauge, converted to flat at Universal Studios, used for parts by NCNG | Andrew Brandon | ||
| 5524 | ? | ? | Reported to be at Knott's but ruled out by reliable source. | Herb Kelsey | ||
| 5525 | Fairplay | CO | 30', ? deck, Rio Grande | Photo | ||
| 5530 | Alva | OK | 30', painted blue | John Hammond | Photo | |
| 5538 |
Williams |
AZ |
30', this car was in the Helfin
collection near the Alamosa roundhouse site for many years and then
moved to Monte Vista as part of the Shank's collection. It has since
moved to Williams, AZ for the Arizona State Railroad Museum. |
Grant Houston |
Group Photo |
|
| 5543 |
Antonito |
CO |
30', Was in the Helfin collection near the
Alamosa roundhouse site until 2015. Appeared in Antonito during June of
2015. |
Grant Houston |
Photo |
Aerial |
| 5549 | Chama | NM | 30', double deck, D&RGW | Photo | ||
| 5551 |
South Fork |
CO |
30', was part
of the Helfin collection, now at Don Shank's operation in South Fork |
Grant Houston Randy Babcock |
Photo |
|
| 5553 | Chama | NM | 30', double deck, Rio Grande | Photo | ||
| 5558 |
Alamosa |
CO |
On road 21 or 109?, purchased by Grant Houston
in 2007. |
Grant Houston |
Photo |
|
| 5560 | Antonito | CO | 30', near Alamosa roundhouse site, this car is now part of Don Shank's collection. As of June of 2015 this car was on display in Antonito. | Grant Houston | Photo |
|
| 5563 |
Pea Green |
CO |
30', good condition, on a farm, the number in
the photo looks like 5563 and Bill's notes indicate this as well, 5563
is supposed to be at Stuhr! |
Bill Pratt |
Photo |
|
| 5564 | Arboles |
CO | 30', double deck, was at the loop up until the end of the 2004 season, was on display at CRRM until the purchase by DRHS in 2015. Currently at Arboles during the rebuild process. | Josh Levine | Photo | |
| 5571 | ? | ? | 30', Reported to be at Knott's but ruled out by reliable source. | George Sapp | ||
| 5573 |
Alamosa |
CO |
Frontage
road south of Alamosa |
Grant Houston |
|
|
| 5574 | Ridgway | CO | 30', single deck, Acquired in OK, Rio Grande | Ridgway Railroad Museum | Photo Museum Photo |
|
| 5576 | Buena Park | CA | 30', Converted to excursion | George Sapp | Photo |
|
| 5579 | Chama | NM | 30', single deck, Rio Chama campground, Rio Grande | Photo | ||
| 5586 |
Montrose |
CO |
30', Gray collection |
Vic Stone |
|
|
| 5590 |
Montrose |
CO |
30', Gray collection, might be 5580, Bill Pratt
thought the number looked like 5890, 5590 is in the records as being
dismantled in Montrose during 53 |
Vic Stone |
Photo |
|
| 5591 | Durango | CO | 30', This car sat on the Tacoma siding for many year looking rather forlorn. It has received some much needed attention and is looking much better at its new home near Durango. | video, Richard Bell Phillip Nilsson |
Photo | |
| 5600 | Chama | NM | 30', double deck, Rio Grande | Photo | ||
| 5603 |
Montrose |
CO |
30', 7 miles east of Montrose, Gray collection |
Bill Pratt |
Photo |
|
| 5604 |
Montrose |
CO |
30, no lettering, used to house antiques. Bill
Pratt noticed this car was no longer at the antique dealer on 9/17/16. |
Bill Pratt |
Photo |
|
| 5605 | Silverton | CO | 30', double deck, Rio Grande | Photo | ||
| 5610 |
Montrose |
CO |
30', used to house antiques next to 5604, confidence on number is not 100% but this number was dismantled in Montrose in 53 so it is probably correct. Bill Pratt noticed this car was no longer at the antique dealer on 9/17/16. | Bill Pratt |
Photo |
|
| 5615 |
Montrose |
CO |
30', Gray collection |
Vic Stone |
|
|
| 5616 | Strasburg | CO | 30', Was at Sundown & Southern, Now at Ulrich Locomotive Works, minus trucks | Jason Midyette | Photo |
|
| 5620 | Cimarron | CO | 30', single deck, Rio Grande | Photo | ||
| 5624/ 562x |
Alva | OK | Painted green and originally reported to be 5620 but 5620 is at Cimarron. Craig believes this is 5624 based upon the body style and checking all other 562x body styles against the Taking Stock book. | Craig Kumler Jason Midyette |
Photo | |
| 5627 | Arboles |
CO | 30', single deck, Rio Grande, this car sat for years on the Tacoma siding but was moved on April 8, 2009. The car was in private ownership in Bayfield but as of 2015 it is now a DRHS car. The car is currently in Arboles during the rebuild | video, Richard Bell Randy Babcock |
Photo | |
| 5633 | Chama | NM | 30', double deck, Rio Grande | Photo | ||
| 5635 | Chama | NM | 30', converted to caboose 05635 | Photo | ||
| 5636 | West of Chama | NM | 30', double deck, abandoned along old grade | Photo | Aerial Photo | |
| 5643 |
Paonia |
CO |
30', Was in the Helfin collection at the Alamosa
roundhouse site. Now restored to early livery and in the collection of
the old west town at Bear Ranch. |
Grant Houston Jerry Huck |
Group Photo |
Aerial |
| 5644 |
Colorado Springs |
CO |
30', This
car came from the Helfin collection and is now owned by Robert Sanders
and Phil Johnson. |
Grant Houston Phil Johnson |
Photo |
|
| 5645 | Farmington | UT | 30', near Alamosa roundhouse site, later became part of Don Shank's collection. The car is now on display at the S&S Shortline Railroad in Utah. | Grant Houston | Photo |
|
| 5647 |
Montrose |
CO |
30', Gray collection, 7 miles west of Montrose |
Bill Pratt |
Photo |
|
| 5650 |
Montrose |
CO |
30', Gray collection |
Vic Stone |
|
|
| 5654 |
Denver |
CO |
30', Was at Sundown & Southern, According to
Jason Midyette this is a double deck but number is unknown, 5564 comes
from Stone's book but 5564 is on the loop, this car was rebuilt at the
Valmont site.
The car has been back dated to an early 1900s appearance and put on
display
at the Denver stockyards. |
Jason Midyette |
|
Aerial |
| 5663 |
Alamosa |
CO |
30' Helfin collection |
Grant Houston |
Photo |
|
| 5666 | Golden | CO | 30', single deck, D&RGW | Photo | ||
| 5667 |
Alamosa and
Bayfield |
CO |
30', B end only in ex Best Western Hotel, the
rest of the car was in the
Helfin collection, The A end is now on a workshop wall in Bayfield and
the
remainder of the car is being used to rebuild other stock cars. |
Grant Houston Randy Babcock |
Photo |
|
| 5669 | Grand Island | NE | 30', double deck, Stuhr Museum | Randall Hess | Photo |
|
| 5672 | Nevada City | CA | 30', Nevada County Narrow Gauge | Andrew Brandon | ||
| 5674 | Chama | NM | 30', double deck, Rio Grande | Photo | ||
| 5677 | Alamosa | CO | 30', near Alamosa roundhouse site | Grant Houston | Group Photo |
|
| 5679 | Cimarron | CO | 30', double deck, Rio Grande | Photo | ||
| 5680 | Chama | NM | 30', Almost gone in 88, nothing left today | Photo | ||
| 5683 |
Montrose |
CO |
30', Gray collection |
Vic Stone |
|
|
| 5684 |
Alamosa |
CO |
On road 21 or 109?, purchased by Grant Houston
in 2007. |
Grant Houston |
Photo |
|
| 5688 | Pea Green | CO | 30', fair condition, on a farm | Bill Pratt | ||
| 5691 | Chama | NM | 30', single deck, D&RGW | Photo | ||
| 5694 | Chama | NM | 30', ? deck, Rio Chama campground | Photo | ||
| 5695 | Tacoma | CO | 30', double deck, D&RGW | video | Photo | |
| 5698 | Chama | NM | 30', ? deck, Rio Chama campground | Photo |
||
| 5700 |
Alamosa |
CO |
Highway 17 at Rd 4S, frame disconnected from body |
Grant Houston |
|
|
| 5702 | Silver Plume | CO | 30', single deck, Rio Grande | Photo | ||
| 5706 | Chama | NM | 30', single deck, Rio Grande | Photo | ||
| 5709 | Tacoma | CO | 30' | Richard Bell | Photo |
|
| 5713 | Mount Pleasant |
IA | 30', GB&L, passenger, was double deck, located at GTL until the close of the 2004 season, then moved to CRRM. Now in the collection at the Midwest Central Railroad. | Photo |
||
| 5714 | Golden | CO | 30', double deck, D&RGW, fresh paint summer 2004 | Photo |
||
| 5717 | Golden | CO | 30', single deck, Rio Grande, fresh paint summer 2004 | Photo | ||
| 5723 | Farmington | NJ | Pine Creek Railway | Steve Peck | ||
| 5725 | Alamosa | CO | 30', frontage road south of Alamosa | Grant Houston | ||
| 5731 | San Diego county | CA | 30', On private backyard railroad, Fontana? | George Sapp | Photo |
|
| 5733 | Olathe | CO | 30', six miles west of Olathe and 2 miles south of Pea Green, on a farm, 2 of 4 | Bill Pratt | ||
| 5737 |
Montrose |
CO |
30', Gray collection |
Vic Stone |
Photo |
|
| 5741 |
Antonito |
CO |
30', Was in the Helfin collection at Alamosa
until 2015. Showed up at Antonito during June of 2015. |
Grant Houston Randy Babcock |
Photo |
|
| 5743 | Como | CO | 30', a long time resident of the Tacoma, CO siding. Moved to Como, CO. | Richard Bell | Photo |
|
| 5747 | Antonito | CO | 30', single deck, Rio Grande | Photo | ||
| 5751 |
Alamosa |
CO |
30', Helfin Collection |
Grant Houston |
Photo |
|
| 5754 | Chama | NM | 30', single deck, Rio Chama campground, Rio Grande | Photo | ||
| 5759 |
Montrose |
CO |
30', Gray collection |
Vic Stone |
|
|
| 5763 | Gunnison | CO | 30', double deck | Photo | ||
| 5765 | Fairplay | CO | 30', double deck, DSP&PRR | Photo |
||
| 5770 | Sedalia | MO | 30', UP 701, was in the collection at Alva, OK until 2013-2014 before being purchased for display at Sedalia, MO by Trails End Sedalia. | Photo | ||
| 5771 | Independence | CA | 30', number verified by Grant, used to haul passenger, was at Knott's and then sold to private party, was then sold to Eastern California Museum in trade for SP boxcar 54 | George Sapp Daniel Maxwell |
Photo | |
| 5773 | Tacoma | CO | 30', double deck, roof collapsing | video, Richard Bell | Photo | |
| 5774 |
Antonito |
CO |
30', Helfin collection, purchased by the Friends
and moved to Antonito 2007 |
Grant Houston |
Photo |
|
| 5784 |
Antonito |
CO |
30', Was in the Helfin collection at Alamosa
until 2015. Showed up at Antonito during June of 2015. |
Grant Houston |
Photo |
|
| 5792 | Dulce | NM | 30', double deck, Rio Grande | Photo | Aerial | |
| 5794 | Dulce | NM | 30', ? deck, | Photo | Aerial | |
| 5796 | Chama | NM | 30', single deck, Rio Chama campground, Rio Grande | Photo | ||
| 5799 |
Olathe |
CO |
30', 6 miles west of Olathe |
Bill Pratt |
Photo |
|
| 5802 |
Alamosa |
CO |
30', Was in the Helfin collection at Alamosa
until 2015. Showed up at Antonito during June of 2015. |
Grant Houston Randy Babcock |
Photo |
|
| 5804 |
Montrose |
CO |
30', Gray collection |
Vic Stone |
Photo |
|
| 5809 | Olathe | CO | 30', six miles west of Olathe and 2 miles south of Pea Green, on a farm, 3 of 4 | Bill Pratt | ||
| 5821 |
Montrose |
CO |
30', Gray collection, mostly burnt in a fire in
late 2005 or early 2006. |
Vic Stone |
Photo |
|
| 5827 | Silverton | CO | 30', single deck, TPRR (Texas Pacific RR) | Photo | ||
| 5831? |
Alamosa |
CO |
Highway 17 at Rd 4S, frame disconnected from
body, 3rd and 4th digit of number questionable |
Grant Houston |
|
|
| 5832 |
Alamosa |
CO |
30', Helfin collection |
Grant Houston |
Group Photo |
|
| 5838 |
Olathe |
CO |
30', 5 miles west of Olathe, one mile SE of 5512 |
Bill Pratt |
Photo |
|
| 5841 | Chama | NM | 30', double deck, Rio Grande | Photo | ||
| 5848 |
Olathe |
CO |
30', six miles west of Olathe
and 2 miles south of Pea Green, on a farm, 4 of 4 |
Bill Pratt |
|
|
| 5900 | Parlin | CO | 30', former stockcar displayed as a flatcar, west of Parlin. It is unknown if the number is correct. | Hayden268 | Photo Aerial |
|
| 5926 |
Alamosa |
CO |
Road 109
south of Alamosa, used as a shed and in reasonable shape,
Brad's auto body |
Grant Houston Peter Christie |
Photo |
|
| 5962 |
Alamosa |
CO |
Road 109
south of Alamosa, used as a shed and in reasonable shape,
Brad's auto body |
Grant Houston Peter Christie |
Photo |
|
| 5970 |
La Jara |
CO |
Located south of 5926 and 5962 on RD 21, partially obscured, Grant reported in 2022 that this one had been bulldozed several years back but The Friends were able to salvage some hardware. | Grant Houston |
|
|
| 5995 |
Antonito |
CO |
This car was east of highway, north of La Jara.
The car was purchased in 2007 by the Friends and moved to Antonito. |
Grant Houston Craig Kumler |
Photo |
|
Unidentified
| Car # | City | State | Description | Source | Photo | Aerial |
| ? | Alamosa | CO | Possibly 24 cars at the Huneycutt Ranch, Auctioned off sometime before 2004, locations unknown, Note 5549 was supposed to be in this group and it is now at Chama, Friend's site indicates that it came from Helfin collection | |||
| ? | Alva | OK | Reported to be 6 stock cars | |||
| 55X3 |
La Jara |
CO |
One wall from the car, located at a stock and
boxcar "graveyard" on RD 19 |
Grant Houston |
|
|
| ? |
Montrose |
CO |
Stock car frame used as part of fence,
superstructure gone |
Bill Pratt |
Photo |
|
| ? |
Montrose |
CO |
On a farm off of the road to the Black Canyon of
the Gunnison National Park |
Randy Babcock |
Photo |
|
| ? |
Montrose |
CO |
On a farm off of the road to the Black Canyon of
the Gunnison National Park |
Randy Babcock |
Photo |
|
| ? | Olathe | CO | 30', 1/2 mile north of 5838, five miles west of Olathe, 1 of 2 | Bill Pratt | ||
| ? | Olathe | CO | 30', 1/2 mile north of 5838, five miles west of Olathe, 2 of 2 | Bill Pratt | ||
| 5XXX |
Sanford |
CO |
Corner of Ivy and Seventh |
Grant Houston |
|
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Reference Material:
Taking Stock by Victor Stone is an excellent source of
details on
the stock cars. This book provides both drawings and photos of the
various types of stock cars.
Narrow Gauge Pictorial Vol IV by Robert Grandt covers stock
cars, refrigerator cars and tank cars.