My Favorite Caboose, Central Vermont 4014

I spent the summer of 2013 volunteering at the Railroad Museum of New England.  One piece of rolling stock which was quite impressive is CV 4014. It was built February 1925 by a Central Vermont B&B gang. Replaced a car of same number lost due to a fire.  It's a gem of a renovation.  Fans, it does not get any better.

1. Yes It's That Orange!

2. Some of the collection at the RR Museum of New England in Thomaston, CT.  Closest is NH 529, an RS3.

3. Al Pomeroy, owner and renovator of the caboose (buggy in New England speak), rides the cupola. The interior paint scheme is as was found under 1/4 Masonite that was universally applied over tongue and groove interior by the CV late in its service life.

4. Central Vermont Buggy 4014 at the Railway Museum of New England -- looking from the cupola end. Note, owner Al sometimes works on the caboose on Saturday and drives the train on Sunday. Yes, the caboose then serves one of it's original purposes -- an RV.

5. The fold-up table on the wall is original to the car and was moved to various positions along this side of the car during its service life. The coach seats are the owner's addition.

6. Original desk.

7.  Al is at the cupola end of the buggy.

8. The correct replacement stove was found shortly after purchase.

9. This is the non-cupola end of the utterly gorgeous wood caboose.

 

10. One of two documented versions of the Maple Leaf.  This is the correct version for this car.

11. Trucks and underframe painted to match the body style.

Enjoy Al's love,
I sure did,
Marty Bernard

The Blog of the Private Rail Car "Black Hawk"

by William F. Howes, Jr.

Black Hawk 92 in Lincoln, Neb. October 21, 1956

Black Hawk exterior as built

Blackhawk being iced on B&O Train #8 at Cumberland, Maryland on July 25, 1966

On B&O #8 at P&LE Station, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 25 1966

Interior Rear, a car is coupled on behind

Dining Room, 1966

On B&O Race Train, Del Park, Wilmington, Del. on June 3, 1967

1975, on the rear of a C&O freight train was taken in Potomac Yard.


Below are two photos of the car taken in Camden Station, Baltimore, MD on January 19, 1969 by Marty Bernard.

Below is a picture of Bill on the Black Hawk probably Spring 1971 from Dale Rockwell.

Cab Ride in the Deccan Queen Pune to Mumbai (formally Bombay) India on February 11, 1982 PART 2

Please see Part 1 first at https://railfan44.blogspot.com/2019/08/cab-ride-in-deccan-queen-pune-to-mumbai.html

Another meet.

 

 

 Young women using the tracks as a walking path.

Commuters.

Track work.

Kanjurmarg Railway Station in Mumbai.

 

Housing right along the tracks, Mumbai.

WCM5 20090 with the Deccan Queen just arrived at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus Station) in Mumbai (frormally Bombay) on February 11, 1982.

End of Blog.

Cab Ride in the Deccan Queen Pune to Mumbai (formally Bombay) India on February 11, 1982 PART 1

In early 1982 I was consulting to the United States Agency for International Development (US AID) on energy and environment relative to India's Transportation System.  What better way to get to know a transportation system than to ride it.

The Deccan Queen or Deccan Queen Express, is an Indian passenger train that connects the two largest cities of the Indian state of Maharashtra, i.e. Mumbai and Pune. The service was named as Deccan Queen after the nickname for Pune: Queen of the Deccan. Wikipedia

The Deccan Plateau is a large plateau in western and southern India. It rises to 100 metres (330 ft) in the north, and to more than 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) in the south, forming a raised triangle within the south-pointing triangle of the Indian subcontinent's coastline.  Wikipedia 

This is looking out of the cab of the large electric locomotive.  I'm on the right side of the cab, the motorman is on the left side.  The railways were built by the British so everything is left-handed.  The U.S. example is the Chicago & Northwesrern Rwy.

We have just left Pune (pronounced poona)  on this very nice morning and are headed for Mumbai about 80 miles west and somewhat north.

There are vertical bars outside the front windows appear in most of the photos.

This photo is looking back at the substantial train.

At that time Indian Railways had active steam.

 We met a freight train powered with an electric, very similar to the one I was in, and pushed by two diesel locomotives.

Out the cab window.

Another look back from the cab.

A passenger train headed toward Pune.

Saw this across some fields.  Wonder if it is 2 foot gauge.

A commuter train headed toward Pune.

And another meet with an Electric like ours.

Please go to PART 2 https://railfan44.blogspot.com/2019/08/cab-ride-in-deccan-queen-pune-to-mumbai_2.html