C&S 1113 photos (1959)

While researching the history of C&S refrigerator car 1113/RGS 2101, I came upon a number of photos taken by Ralph Hawkins' father John C. Hawkins and Ralph's mother Lucille Hawkins. Ralph graciously shared his photos with me. Visit HawkinsRails.net for more of his and his father's work.

The photos below were taken June 1959 at Ridgway, Colorado.  You will also see a Rio Grande Southern coach and RGS caboose 0400. The caboose was used in the 1969 movie True Grit and later acquired by Jerry Albers. He owned it from 1973 to roughly 1990. The story of his acquisition and restoration of the caboose can be found here.

John C. Hawkins above

C&S 1113 in 2023 and 1959