Surviving equipment

About five or six years ago an arsonist burnt down the Lancaster Agway, the diner below the bridge, and broke in to some of the other business in the area and robbed them all in one night. Agway relocated, the property was sold and a small office park was built in its place. I'm thinking there was only one forty foot boxcar there and it had been pulled away from loading dock. I know Agaway had it for storage and discontinued using it. The boxcar was burnt to a crisp with virtually no paint left. I believe the car was cut up prior to construction of the office park. The amazing thing about this incident is the old Thayer train station across the tracks from the Agway driveway didn't get burned and still stands today.

For what it's worth, Here is one of my three ex B&M GP40s.

Sharp!

Were those HATX GP40-2s at the G&F now bought outright?

Yes.

Fletcher's Granite has at least two wooden B&M cabooses, one is at the Westford quarry and is used as an office for quarry workers. It's interior is completely stripped out so the cupola basically just makes a nice skylight. The other that I know of is a monitor-top at the Milford NH quarry, it's used for storage. Neither are visible from any public roads, and both had their trucks removed.

The Westford quarry still runs a GE centercab to push some steam-era flat cars that haul granite. The 410 in Lowell was formerly used for that purpose when the B&M leased it to the quarry, so I wouldn't be surprised if a number of the cars and maybe even the centercab were owned by the B&M at one point.

Isnt one of the Coaches on the Old Colony & newport RR a former B&M coach?

Speaking of the 410 in Lowell.... are there any surviving pictures or video of it when it was running?

I remember seeing some old (Super)8mm(?) footage of the 410 being pulled out of storage at Fletcher's Quarry way back in the 1980's.
I belive the man who owned them was connected with the Wolfboro operation.

Former B&M lightweight sleeper SALISBURY BEACH is for sale. The owner had a sign to that effect on display inside his car during the AAPRCO convention's first night car party at Portland ME on 9/22/2014. I believe it is the only former B&M passenger car that is currently certified for mainline service on Amtrak and Via Rail Canada.

Last time I was there, there was an old wood coach preserved next to the also preserved depot in Contoocook NH.

I didn't see it mentioned in this thread but at Landscapers Depot on route 125 in Kingston, NH they have a blue and red B&M caboose, a blue B&M boxcar, and a yellow MEC box car. Not sure if these are original or just painted to look the part.

Z31SPL wrote:I didn't see it mentioned in this thread but at Landscapers Depot on route 125 in Kingston, NH they have a blue and red B&M caboose, a blue B&M boxcar, and a yellow MEC box car. Not sure if these are original or just painted to look the part.

All of Landscape Depot's equipment is genuine. The MEC boxcar is #140, the B&M caboose is #432 former, C-32, and I don't know the number of the B&M boxcar.
They also have another B&M caboose, a C-100 series car, way up back in unrestored condition, number unknown, it was for sale a couple of years ago.

On my way up north via Route 3 to Stratford, Monday, I noticed this caboose. Was running on short time, due to family constraints. Any idea if it is of heritage to the B&M or something local?

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.5202162 ... 312!8i6656

I'll defer to local knowledge, but the modern windows & cupola give me the impression of a 1960s or 1970s International product. The body looks a little long and asymmetrical to be one of the C-100 to 137 1959 rebuilds of the 104600 series.