Talk of the Point

The baggage car that couldn’t

That prized former Union Pacific baggage car–donated to the Golden State Model Railroad Museum but blocked at the last minute by concern about clearance past PG&E power lines–is gone for good. The museum has been unable to resolve the problem, so the donor, Levin-Richmond Terminal Corporation, has given it instead to the Pacific Locomotive Association, operator of the Niles Canyon Railway.

The Pride Fund had granted the museum $6100 for accomodating the baggage car–but has now consented to letting the museum spend it on a street-side wrought iron fence and landscaping, said museum official John Edginton.

• Baggage car derailed, January 9
• Golden State Model Railroad Museum
• Levin-Richmond Terminal Corporation

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