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CNJ 91529 |
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12/26/2017 Upload Date: 12/26/2017 6:46:28 PM |
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Whippany, NJ |
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DH 35730 |
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This steel “bay-window” caboose was one of seven such cars built by the International Car Company of Kenton, Ohio in February 1968 for the Delaware & Hudson Railway. Originally delivered in a bright yellow and blue color scheme, the paint on this series of cars weathered poorly and all were later repainted red in the early 1970s. In the mid-1990s, the D&H sold several of its bay-window cabooses to NJ TRANSIT (NJT). Upon arrival in New Jersey, they were soon refitted for work train service. NJT donated this car (ex-#905) to the Whippany Railway Museum in 2007, and it has been restored to its as-delivered 1968 appearance by Museum volunteers. |
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12/26/2017 Upload Date: 12/26/2017 6:46:31 PM |
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Whippany, NJ |
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EL C372 |
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12/26/2017 Upload Date: 12/26/2017 6:46:33 PM |
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Whippany, NJ |
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PRR 477823 |
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The Pennsylvania's first mass-produced steel cabin car was the "N5", a type first built in 1914 (later models would be identified with a letter suffix). The basic structure of the N5 of 1914 remained essentially unchanged over the years until 1942. PRR's most distinctive caboose design was the N5c, and it is this type of Pennsy caboose that is now part of the Museum's collection. This style of cabin was similar to its N5 cousin, but it incorporated streamlined elements that had become popular during the Great Depression. In the early 1990s the car was privately acquired and stored on the Morristown & Erie. No restoration ever took place, and after being abandoned, the car suffered through years of adverse weather conditions and vandalism. Aquired by the WRM in 2001 and rerstored inside & out to the mid 50s era. Completed in 2006. |
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12/26/2017 Upload Date: 12/26/2017 6:46:34 PM |
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Whippany, NJ |
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Santa Fe diner Epicurus |
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The Epicurus is the only privately owned dining car in operation today, and is capable of seating 24 guests at tables and another 12 at the lunch counter. The car is equipped with a full industrial grade kitchen and is perfect for gourmet multi-course meals while traveling down the railroad. Built in 1950 by Pullman for the Santa Fe and beautifully restored to its original appearance, the Epicurus is now privately owned by Railroad Passenger Services LLC. |
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12/26/2017 Upload Date: 12/26/2017 6:46:36 PM |
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Whippany, NJ |
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ME 2354 |
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12/26/2017 Upload Date: 12/26/2017 6:46:38 PM |
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Whippany, NJ |
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ME 2354(MP15DC) |
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PV Mount Vernon |
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The Mount Vernon is a lounge sleeper capable of sleeping 12 guests in 6 bedrooms and seating 15 people during the day in the lounge area. The car is equipped with a full service kitchen and features private bathrooms in each bedroom as well as a single shower. Built in 1950 by Budd as 10-6 sleeper Pacific Island for the Union Pacific, sold to Amtrak in 1971 and retired in 1992. Acquired from The Sleeper Line, a Canadian corporation, in April 1999. The car was recertified for mainline (Amtrak and Via Rail Canada) private car service by Delaware Car Co. in 2002. Reconfigured to the present interior layout by the Lancaster and Chester Railway in 2003. The Mount Vernon is now owned by Dominion Rail Voyages LLC. |
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12/26/2017 Upload Date: 12/26/2017 6:46:40 PM |
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Whippany, NJ |
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PV Pacific Home |
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Budd 1949...to AMTK #2616...rebuilt with HEP in 1979 & re#2885. Retired & sold 2001. Chuck Jensen purchased the car in 2009, after it had sat on a severed piece of track for several years. The car was transferred to the shop of the Morristown & Erie Railway in Morristown, NJ, and Jensen began restoring the car with the help of other mechanics. The Amtrak-applied wall carpeting was removed from the interior, and the electronics were fully upgraded. A new shower was installed, and a bathroom replaced one of the roomettes. The car now sleeps 21 people in 6 bedrooms and 9 roomettes. A generator was added so the car could power itself without power from a locomotive. |
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12/26/2017 Upload Date: 12/26/2017 6:46:42 PM |
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Whippany, NJ |
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PV Babbling Brook |
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12/26/2017 Upload Date: 12/26/2017 6:46:44 PM |
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Whippany, NJ |
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PV Passaic River |
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The Passaic River is a buffet-lounge car capable of seating 8 passengers in parlor chairs, 24 passengers in six booths, and 8 more passengers in lounge seating. The Passaic River was built in 1948 as Santa Fe dining car. In 1971, the car was sold to Amtrak, and later reconfigured to become buffet-lounge #3106. The Morristown & Erie Railway acquired the car in the early 2000s and renamed it Penobscot Bay, and it served until 2015 on the M&E-owned Maine Eastern Railroad along Maine's Mid-Coast region. In 2016, the car was moved to New Jersey and renamed Passaic River, and it is now operated by the Morristown & Erie Railway and based at the railroad’s private car storage facility in Whippany, NJ. |
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12/26/2017 Upload Date: 12/26/2017 6:46:45 PM |
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Whippany, NJ |
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NYSW 112 |
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constructed by the International Car Co. in 1948. It was built as part of a ten-car order to replace the NYS&W’s aging fleet of wooden cabooses. It is a standard International steel NE-6 Cupola – style caboose design. Over the next 30 years, No. 0112 served the Susquehanna well until it was retired and sold to a private individual in 1979. In 1982 the car was acquired by the Morristown & Erie Railway (M&E). Shortly thereafter, it was refurbished by the M&E shop crew and painted and lettered into the Morristown & Erie scheme and given the road number "4". The caboose features solar-powered lighting which was installed by the railroad in the mid-1980’s. In 2011 the caboose was retired from freight service and in January 2012, it was acquired by the Whippany Railway Museum. |
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12/26/2017 Upload Date: 12/26/2017 6:46:47 PM |
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Whippany, NJ |
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Built by Bethlehem Steel as coach 1201 in 1927. Rebuilt as club car "Jersey Coast" by CNJ in 1948 with lounge seating for 74. Retired in 1972, then purchased from the railroad by a Morris County businessman who converted it into a private, stationary lodging for himself, but altered one end of the car with a new railed-in open observation platform. To Whippany Railway Museum 1994. Restoration compleated in 2010. NOT part of the Blue Comet fleet. |
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12/26/2017 Upload Date: 12/26/2017 6:46:49 PM |
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Whippany, NJ |
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