Restoring Nevada Copper Belt Caboose No. 2 - presented by Pacific Southwest Railway Museum

PSRMA member and San Diego resident, Jim Price, talks about the restoration of his caboose in Goldfield, Nevada. This interesting talk will cover:

--how and why they have a place in Goldfield

--the history of the car

--how they acquired the car and moved it to their property in Goldfield

--research they did on the Nevada Copper Belt Railway

--its “before” state, and how we figured out how it had looked back in the day
--finding the right people to do the work – woodwork, metal work, painting, etc.

--year-by-year progress

--their annual “Sunset Celebration in the Caboose” parties

--plans for the future

Jim Price and his wife of 46 years, Joan Sieber, call San Diego, CA their home. They spent their working careers at a Navy Research and Development Laboratory there. But a long-term interest in ghost towns led them to also become homeowners in Goldfield, NV for the past 20 years. They purchased a vacant lot at auction in 2000. A new home was built in 2007. A historic miner’s cabin converted to a garage was moved to their property and restored in 2012.

Then in 2014, the opportunity came to buy what had been Nevada Copper Belt Railway Caboose #2. It was moved to their property. Meanwhile, they wrote and published the book “Discovering the Ghost Railroads of Central Nevada” in 2015.

This talk will discuss the 8-year process of restoring Caboose #2, an interesting piece of Nevada railroad’s past.

2025 Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Members Presentation
Two locations in San Diego County, California
Campo Railroad Museum (main location)
La Mesa Depot Museum