D&RGW TOOL CAR RGX-3327 operated as a tool car from 1952 until 1995 and was dispatched with D&RGW Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274 as part of the Denver derrick work train. The car operated with D&RGW Derrick No. 027 while the derrick was stationed in Denver. RGX-3327 is a rare survivng example of a special prupose work train car which transported tools and equipment to the work site and provided crew support facilities not available in the diner-kitchen-sleeper car. Starting its life in 1914 as a combination baggage and mail (RPO) car, D&RGW's own Burnham Shops in Denver refitted the retired car in 1952 to perform its maintenance-of-way functions.
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