NEBRASKA
| The late Andy Dolak reported, in an early 1980s report, that the Nebraska Merci car had a short life here in The U.S. ".....it was shunted from place to place. It went first to the state historical society, then to the Neb. Forty and Eight Society, and finally to a playground in Lincoln. In 1951, and attempt was made to return it to the historical society, which did not want it. So it was sold to an Omaha junkyard for $45. (There) its wheels and metal parts were pounded into scrap and it body converted into a storage shed. Its humiliation finally ended in 1961 when the junkyard was relocated and the box car was demolished." Some people have told me it was burned to enable the rest of the metal to be salvaged for scrap. We would welcome any further historical or current information about the box car and the hundreds of gifts it delivered to the state. |