CHANDLER, Ariz.—The Arizona Railway Museum is raising funds to move a former Southern Pacific sugarbeet car from California to the museum.
The car is an ex-SP 40-foot wood-sided gondola used exclusively for sugarbeet transport, and is currently located at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, Calif. The WP museum decided to de-accession the car—or responsibly move it off the property—and is allowing the Arizona Railway Museum to take it without charge.
The car has an Arizona connection, since it was used to move sugarbeets to the former Spreckles Sugar refinery on Riggs Road in Chandler.
Since the car is no longer capable of rail movement, it must be trucked from Portola to Chandler. The total cost for the movement is estimated at $22,000. The museum is seeking contributions that will go toward the movement and restoration efforts such as new wood and paint.
Source: trn.trains.com