Lionel Colorado-Yule Marble Company Depressed-center Flat Cars

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Colorado-Yule Marble Company

Yule Marble was discovered in Colorado's Crystal River Valley in the late 1870s. It is known for its pure white background with silver and gold veining and is one of the purest marbles ever quarried. It has been used in more that 100 buildings across the United States, including "The Tomb of the Unknown" in Arlington Cemetery and Lincoln Memorial. The marble load on the car is from "The Colorado-Yule Marble Company" who shipped marble blocks from its quarry to the mill at Marble, Colorado on flat cars via an electric train railroad. The finished marble was shipped from the quarry over the Crystal River and San Jaun Railroad.

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2007

2007

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painted and lettered

hi-rail

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This was a special-run for the 2007 TCA convention in Denver, Colorado. The Rocky Mountain Division's S-scale flat car carries a block of Yule marble just as its prototype did years ago.