A historic flatbed railcar once used for training Soldiers at Camp Dodge is unloaded onto tracks in Boone, Iowa, on Aug. 8, 2022. Three railcars were loaded and transported from Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa, through the cooperation of Iowa National Guard Soldiers and the Camp Dodge Department of Public Works. The railcars, a ramp and a short length of track were installed on Camp Dodge in the 1980s and served as a rail load training site for Soldiers for several years before railway operations became largely obsolete in the Iowa National Guard. The railcars rode on original friction bearing trucks, which are no longer used in modern, roller bearing railways. Rather than scrapping the railcars, the Camp Dodge Training Center arranged to have them transported to the James H. Andrew Railroad Museum in Boone, Iowa, for historical preservation. (Courtesy photo by Dana Grefe)
| Date Taken: | 09.28.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 09.28.2022 17:52 |
| Photo ID: | 7440639 |
| VIRIN: | 220928-Z-KS612-050 |
| Resolution: | 3730x2411 |
| Size: | 1.94 MB |
| Location: | BOONE, IOWA, US |
| Hometown: | BOONE, IOWA, US |
| Hometown: | JOHNSTON, IOWA, US |
| Web Views: | 24 |
| Downloads: | 5 |
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Historic Iowa National Guard railcars preserved at Boone Railroad Museum
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