LOUSVILLE, Colo. — The city of Louisville has stepped in to save a historic caboose and boxcar, purchasing the train cars and the property they sit on after the resident who restored them was forced to put them up for sale.
Denver7 brought you the story of Travis Ramos back in 2020. He spent the last five years restoring the train cars to serve as the Eastern Gateway to Louisville. But after facing financial struggles and difficulties working with the city, he put the project up for sale last fall.
The Louisville City Council recently voted to purchase the train cars and half the property, ensuring the historic pieces remain in the community.
“When city council voted to purchase the train cars and half the property to keep them in Louisville, the feeling was overwhelmed joy, happiness and the story we started six years ago to be carried on, and to become financially whole again, it was huge,” Ramos said…