Albany Democrat-Herald - Oregon / March 9, 2007
Lebanon building holds old rail cars
Former SP worker mentions the relics at town hall meeting about Scroggins warehouse
LEBANON — Two rail cars of potentially historic value are housed inside the Scroggins Feed and Seed warehouse in Lebanon, a property that may go up for auction this year.
Heather Clark, a former Southern Pacific brakeman and conductor, spoke Thursday night at a town hall meeting in the Lebanon Senior Center, held to gather public sentiment regarding the historic mill building at 280 W. Sherman St.
Clark said the building houses two Pacific Fruit Express refrigerator cars that were moved there in 1937 and have since remained indoors.
The cars were reportedly hauled to the Lebanon site 70 years ago for use in the insulated, cold storage of dressed turkeys, a successful business at the time. They may be some of the best preserved remnants of such rail cars.
“From conversations I’ve had with several museums, it sounds like there may only be a dozen of these cars left in existence in the country,” Clark said.
What makes the Lebanon cars such a find, she said, is they still retain all the original paint, doors and hardware.
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