GN X-101 (1)

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Chuck Zeiler	General	X101 (the first X101) was built in 1892 at St Cloud, Minnesota. A wreck-related rebuilding in 1897 and again in 1909 resulted in changes to the visual and structural characteristics of the car, but few changes have occurred since then or after retirement in 1935. Conductor Ed Shields of Great Falls retired that year too and asked the company if he could keep the caboose. They obliged him and he used a bull dozer to move the caboose 1.5 miles to his back yard. Fast forward to 1973. Jack Hoover had an opportunity to purchase the X101 and despite its then-deteriorated condition, he acquired it and moved it to his home in Belt. Years of dedicated care transformed it back to its former glory. http://trainmuseum.blogspot.com/2010/11/x101-caboose-caper.html	6/3/2014 11:30:06 AM

GN X-101 (1)
GN X-101 (1) at Belt, MT
Date: 7/21/2006	Location: Belt, MT	Views: 461	Collection Of: Robert Ulberg
Rolling Stock: GN X101 (Caboose)			Author: Robert Ulberg

Picture Categories: RollingStock		This picture is part of album: GN Cabooses

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