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The Ulster & Delaware Railroad Historical Society is a chapter of the National Railway Historical Society (NRHS). It focuses on the history of the railroads and related social, economic, and cultural institutions of the Catskill and Hudson Valley regions. That history, which began with the charter of the Catskill & Ithaca Railroad in 1828 ...
A caboose is a crewed North American railroad car coupled at the end of a freight train. Cabooses provide shelter for crew at the end of a train, who were formerly required in switching and shunting; as well as in keeping a lookout for load shifting, damage to equipment and cargo, and overheating axles. Originally flatcars fitted with cabins or ...
The Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad or MRSR, formerly the Mt. Rainier Railroad and Logging museum (MRRR), is a steam-powered heritage railroad operating in the U.S. state of Washington between Elbe and Mineral. The railroad travels on trackage that passes through thick forest just south of Mount Rainier. The depot, gift shop and ticket office are ...
The Ulster and Delaware Railroad (U&D) was a railroad located in the state of New York.It was often advertised as "The Only All-Rail Route to the Catskill Mountains." At its greatest extent, the U&D extended 107 miles (172 km) from Kingston Point on the Hudson River through the Catskill Mountains to its western terminus at Oneonta, passing through the counties of Ulster, Delaware, Schoharie ...
Caboose No. 1, the "bobber". The well car designed by Edward Blossom, carrying a large crated slab of granite. The railroad’s first caboose was known as a "bobber", as its two axles caused it to bob and sway on the uneven track. Other, larger cabooses followed. The train crew had quarters in the caboose.
The ERC&L's American log loader and bobber logging caboose are both restored and on display at the Cass Scenic Railroad State Park in Cass, West Virginia. BC&G Mikado #17 had been initially preserved on the Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad but was scrapped in 1970 following the locomotive's sale to a private owner who found it to be ...
Cupola Caboose: 1949: Wabash Railroad: Stored: No. 2834 was built in 1924 by the Wabash Railroad. Currently in storage C1735: Bobber Caboose: 1910: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: Display: No. C1735 was built in 1910 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Currently on display. 500836: Cupola Caboose: 1943: Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway: Display
The parlor car Durango restored in 2011, the Silverton observation sleeper and the No. B-20 Edna were held with the short way car "bobber" caboose and a wooden box car D&RGW No. 3350, on sidings during normal operation. Nowadays the Silverton has been converted to revenue service as a chair coach, and the caboose serves to embark bandits while ...