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 Post subject: Conrail N21 21264
PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 1:34 pm 

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Well since word is out and the dust has settled, I bought this car from CSX last month. It is in what I considere to be amazingly complete and good condition unmolested considering it sat unlocked in the weeds for almost 10 years.

It is now at the Wabash Valley Railroad Museum.


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 Post subject: Re: Conrail N21 21264
PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 1:48 pm 

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That's a real gem!

Very nice.

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 Post subject: Re: Conrail N21 21264
PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 4:32 pm 

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Ed Kapuscinski wrote:
That's a real gem!

Very nice.


Thanks. I kinda thought the same thing when I started to go after it.


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 Post subject: Re: Conrail N21 21264
PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 4:58 pm 

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That is in remarkably good condition. Nice find.

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 Post subject: Re: Conrail N21 21264
PostPosted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 3:59 pm 

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Did you ever get a reply from the CRHS? I never saw an email come through and I thought I was part of the inbox for that type of request.

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 Post subject: Re: Conrail N21 21264
PostPosted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 8:24 am 

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Ed Kapuscinski wrote:
Did you ever get a reply from the CRHS? I never saw an email come through and I thought I was part of the inbox for that type of request.


No. I figured they are busy. I used the info request form on the website. I just submitted it again so you can see if you are still on the list.

What I have found while cleaning up the car is somebody was smart enough to hide things of "value" so they didn't walk away. An example is the chimney cap. It was tucked away under the ice box that was laying on its side.


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 Post subject: Re: Conrail N21 21264
PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 1:06 pm 
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That's a really nice example you found!

Was it originally NYC? The style looks it to me, or could be PC as I know PC continued building cabooses on NYC plans after formation. Similar to what they did with the NYC transfer cabooses. I'm not familiar with Conrail and if they kept building them.


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 Post subject: Re: Conrail N21 21264
PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 6:16 pm 

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MEC_557 wrote:

Was it originally NYC? The style looks it to me, or could be PC as I know PC continued building cabooses on NYC plans after formation. Similar to what they did with the NYC transfer cabooses. I'm not familiar with Conrail and if they kept building them.


MEC_557 -

The Conrail N21 class was the only order of cabooses that CR ever purchased. They were numbered from 21201 through 21313; a total of 113 cars. Builder was Fruit Growers Express of Alexandria, Virginia.


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 Post subject: Re: Conrail N21 21264
PostPosted: Sun Oct 04, 2020 11:12 pm 

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We cleaned her up a bit on one side. I didn't want to repaint it but after making repairs it wasn't going to match.

I still have some detail work to do but it looks a lot better.

The opposite side is all original, doesn't look that bad and I really don't want to repaint it but my wife is making noises about it not being the same. We will see.

So one side down.


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 Post subject: Re: Conrail N21 21264
PostPosted: Sun Oct 04, 2020 11:41 pm 

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Looks great.


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 Post subject: Re: Conrail N21 21264
PostPosted: Mon Oct 05, 2020 12:42 am 

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Looks absolutely wonderful Bill. With this car, and the NYC box car, are you guys going to have to amend your site plan?

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 Post subject: Re: Conrail N21 21264
PostPosted: Mon Oct 05, 2020 8:30 pm 

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I'm glad to see that SOMEBODY managed to acquire and preserve one of these cars. In my humble opinion, I think that it's historically significant as one of the (only?) cabooses built by Fruit Growers Express. Also, a significant car built for Conrail, not any of the predecessor railroads.


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 Post subject: Re: Conrail N21 21264
PostPosted: Mon Oct 05, 2020 11:22 pm 

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geep392 wrote:
I'm glad to see that SOMEBODY managed to acquire and preserve one of these cars. In my humble opinion, I think that it's historically significant as one of the (only?) cabooses built by Fruit Growers Express. Also, a significant car built for Conrail, not any of the predecessor railroads.

FGE built more than a handful of cabooses. B&O bought 80 full bay window cabooses. L&N ordered a bunch of bay window transfer style cabooses just before the merger that were delivered as Family Lines. I’m sure there are others. We have CSX #16611 (L&N/FM #611) on our property.

Hytwr1 - She certainly cleaned up nicely.

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 Post subject: Re: Conrail N21 21264
PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2020 11:04 am 

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She looks great.
It's a good time for Conrail caboose preservation!

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