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| Author: | robertjohndavis [ Fri Feb 13, 2015 12:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Old caboose (buggy) bodies in Ohio |
"Rock Island Line's" cool thread on abandoned boxcars in Ohio triggered an old thought. 60+ years ago the Boston & Maine contracted with the International Car Co. of Kenton, OH to rebuild a group of wood side SUF buggies into all steel cars. My friend, the late Tim Gilbert, spent a lot if time researching B&M buggies ( many of the cabooses on the surviving LNE list were id'd by Tim... they were sold to the B&M). One of the neatest things Tim reported on before his untimely death was the batch of B&M caboose bodies scattered about the Kenton, OH area. It seems that rather than turn the wood B&M buggy bodies to kindling, International sold a bunch off for local needs. This lead to quite a number of wood caboose bodies in the Kenton, OH area. It has been awhile since Tim passed on and I was wondering if any of our Ohio RYPN bretheren have kept tabs on these relics. Are there any updates on the buggies of Kenton? Rob PS: Yes, there are plenty of the steel rebuilds around, so if anyone wanted to marry an old wood carbody to a frame, it could be done. |
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