MEC Cabooses

With a few scattered examples of ex-MEC cabooses in the Garden State (at least four), wonder if an all-time roster was every created/published. With Athearn and Atlas coming out with HO versions, it would be great to compare for accuracy!!

MEC 645 is at BR&W, Ringoes.

MEC 670 is at SRNJ, Winslow Junction.

Where in Jersey are the other 2?

I'm assuming they are wearing guilford paint schemes?

MEC 642 is at Caboose Village, Tilton NH
MEC 676 is at Caboose Village, Tilton NH

The are a few more MEC ones there but I forget the numbers.

Hi Ian,

"MEC 676 is at Caboose Village, Tilton NH."

I'd posit that you posted the above caboose number from memory.

Surely you know that's a dangerous act, unless you're an elephant!

Cheers, Roger

caboose9 wrote:Hi Ian,

"MEC 676 is at Caboose Village, Tilton NH."

I'd posit that you posted the above caboose number from memory.

Surely you know that's a dangerous act, unless you're an elephant!

Cheers, Roger

Hehe. Well I help out with the NEGS caboose trains, so I remember most of the numbers from switching the cars. And 676 is owned by a friend of mine.

Hi Ian,

That didn't seem to work out very well, so here are 2 additional questions:

Did the MEC have a caboose #676?

Is your friend Frank Judge, owner of MEC/FBJX 672?

Cheers, Roger



"I help out with the NEGS caboose trains, so I remember most of the numbers from switching the cars. And 676 is owned by a friend of mine."

caboose9 wrote:Hi Ian,

That didn't seem to work out very well, so here are 2 additional questions:

Did the MEC have a caboose #676?

Is your friend Frank Judge, owner of MEC/FBJX 672?

Cheers, Roger



"I help out with the NEGS caboose trains, so I remember most of the numbers from switching the cars. And 676 is owned by a friend of mine."

Wow...spaced on that...is been a long few days. Yes it is Franks 672. And I don think there was a newer one, as he beleives it was the last car purchased by the MEC.

659 is Alans
672 Frank's
642 Dave Erickson's
671 is the newer one with the 3 pine trees in the emblem
648 is now the Western Pacific
647 is next to the Laconia station

All on the White Mountain branch

Lest we dribble and drabble this data over 10 posts in ten days:

#? is Damariscotta, ME
#? is at Kittery, ME
#? is at Preque Isle, ME
#? is/was for sale in Peabody, MA
560 is at Thorndike, ME
563 is at Boothbay, ME
582 is at Pittsfield, ME
603 is/was for sale in Hooksett, NH
606? is at City Point, ME
614? is at Upper Glouster, ME
616 is at Knox, ME
617 was sold or srapped at Ralph's in Portsmouth, NH
623? is/was for sale in Hubbardstown, MA
627 is at Easton, CT
629 is at Monroe, CT
630 was at the B&ML RR, Belfast, ME, now at "?"
631(1) is at Hot Springs, NC
631(2) is at Waterville, ME
635 is at Canaan, CT
637 is at Hiram, ME
640 is at City Point, ME, & may be for sale?
641 was in Canaan, CT, and may be in Brookville Jct., ME?
642 is at Tilton, NH
643 was in Hyannis, MA, and may be in South Carver, MA?
644 is/was in South Carver, MA, and may be for sale?
645 is at Ringoes, NJ
646 is at South Carver, MA, and may be for sale?
647 is at Laconia, NH, reportedly "burned"
648 is at Tilton, NH
649 was in Canaan, CT, and may be in Brookville Jct., ME?
650/ex-656(1) is at Ferndale, NY
651 is at West Chazy, NY
652 is at Scottdale, PA
653(1)? is at Boothbay, ME
653(2) is at Simsbury, CT
654 is at Canaan, Ct
655 is at was at Peabody, MA and is now at "?"
656(2) is at City Point, ME
658 is at Canaan, CT
659 is at Tilton, NH
670 is at Winslow Junction, NJ
671 is at Tilton, NH
672 is at Tilton, NH

It sure would be nice to get additions and corrections, especially to the many ?-marks.

Cheers, Roger

660 is in Bangor, Maine, at the Cole Land Transportation Museum. Ex-WM unit.

Turbo wrote, "660 is in Bangor, ME, at the Cole Land Trans. Museum. Ex-WM unit."


Hi Turbo,

Quite true, I list that one as a WM caboose but should have remembered to list it as an MEC as well, so:

660 - ex-WM 1878, located as stated above.

661 - ex-WM 1904, Danbury RR Museum, Danbury, CT, from Canaan, CT.

662 - ex-WM 1804, Kimball Oil, Great Barrington, MA, from Canaan, CT.

663 - ex-WM 1838, David Ritz, Apalachin, NY.

664 - ex-WM 1837, Danbury RR Museum, Danbury, CT, from Canaan, CT.

Let's have some more additions and corrections!

Cheers, Roger

Caboose 603R is no longer in Hooksett. It was moved about 5 years ago to an unknown location.

JH

Picture posted of ex-MEC 670:

http://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetai ... toID=33553

-Alan S.

Again, wonder if there was ever published a all-time caboose roster; it could be used to compare against all these replys, to see how many (especially those on the roster "at the end") are left..........It would be especially interesting to learn of their respective heritages!!