Stop-Gap Measures
1960s-early 1970s
The Denver O Scale club does some restoration work. Chris Lane stated "I can say for certain that the late 1960s-early 70s work was done" by this group "using paint donated by the 'Q'" (CB&Q) They had very limited materials and budget, (they patched a few holes in the roof with flattened beer cans), but the repairs and paint lasted long enough to get 1006 to the much more thorough restoration in the 1980s. by Tom Young of the Charing Cross Bookstore."
I was curious if this group was the responsible for adding
the track to which Chris responded, "I can state with certainty that the
Denver O Scale Club did not do any track work. They simply didn't have those
sorts of resources. The work they did could best be characterized as 'Stop-gap
emergency preservation, on a zero budget.'"
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