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Hack
Restored Interior View
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to Gary Frakash input on the diagram - "B" end to the right |
Conductor’s kerosene wall lantern |
The conductor’s desk (office)
with end of train air gauge and kerosene wall lamp "A" end. |
End of train air gauge |
PRR caboose stove with heat
shields in place |
Water cistern wash sink, wall
mounted container for cool water, milk can for bringing hot boiler water
back for washing. The sink
has no faucet provisions and drains straight through to the tracks.
"A" end |
LIRR caboose #14
“backing whistle”
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Center
area ice box below tool cabinets and
between crew lockers
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Icebox interior. Insulated sheet metal box for storage of perishable
food stuffs
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Toilet facilities The “dry hopper.” put it all on the tracks!
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Modified cupola perch for breakfast, lunch and dinner dining.
Modified by previous owners
Bunk View towards "A" end
Conductor table side |
Original, as delivered cupola perch for crew to watch the train.
Doubled as a sleeping berth.
Bunk view towards "A" end
stove side
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to Donald Fisher (RMLI) for the photos/info
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LIRR
N52A Wooden Cabooses were the last order of wooden cabin cars the LIRR would order.
While records indicate that other companies like the Pressed Steel Car Co built some as early as 1916, most of the N-52A’s were built by the American Car & Foundry during the second half of the 1920s. While they were wooden sheathed, they did indeed feature steel framing. They were assigned relatively low roster numbers. The class served well for decades with most seeing retirement in the late 1950’s with No. 14 remaining on the active roster until the early 60's. During 1962, Numbers 12, 14, and 29 were photographed leaving the LIRR. Number 29 had been sold to the Seashore Electric Railway located in Maine.
(1) Roster Numbers 12 and 14 had been sold to the Branford Electric Railway in
Connecticut
(2) Number 12 has returned to the Oyster Bay Railroad Museum, Oyster Bay,
NY
(3) Number 14 now owned and restored by Railroad Museum of Long Island (RMLI),
Greenport, NY
Special Note: The cupola in #12 has full beds while #14 has
seats. Gary Farkash
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