Rail equipment on display at Gaithersburg, MD

ebtrr · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2016 4:26 pm

I am trying to figure out what cabooses and other equipment were/are on display at the depots in Gaithersburg, MD. I have found photos of both Baltimore and Ohio caboose C-2490 (wagontop) and Baltimore and Ohio caboose 956365 in what appears to be the same position at different times. No photos of both at the same time.

I am aware Buffalo Creek and Gauley locomotive #14 is there along with a B&O RDC. Some photos also seem to show what appears to be bunk cars.

Clarification would be appreciated. Thanks!

Steamguy73 · **Joined:** Wed Dec 24, 2014 3:15 pm **Posts:** 635

I live about 10 minutes from Gaithersburg. I saw the engine every time I headed to my grandma's house, roughly 2 minutes away from the display. Haven't been there in a while but equipment there consists of

BC&G 14
The B&O RDC
1 caboose (not sure where the other is)
And the 1 bunk car is gone (Haven't seen it anywhere from recent visits) (Inside one of the cabooses they used to have a train layout and a nice man would work around the depot and the engine to make sure nothing happened. Thankfully Gaithersburg has kept this engine in very good cosmetic condition for the last 6-7 years or so. (Also not related, but Christopher I love your EBT documentation)

Alan Maples · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2016 8:09 pm

A previous thread on the subject:

http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=30118

The caboose there now is reported as C&O 904145.

- Alan Maples
(former Gaithersburg resident)

ebtrr · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2016 9:52 pm

Thanks to all for the info, however the greatest mystery so far is what became of Baltimore and Ohio caboose C-2490. I can find no info on it being anywhere after Gaithersburg. Scrapped? Sold?

wesp · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2016 11:22 pm

I recall it was traded to the Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum with the troop kitchen car, or just donated there.

Wesley

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2016 11:28 pm

The latest I have is photos of what is said to be C-2490 in the queue of five cabooses at the Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum, having been moved there ca. 2012:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/rspict ... ?id=723281

It appears to still be there in a Sept. 2015 Google Earth Pro "flyover."

ebtrr · **Posted:** Thu Dec 15, 2016 9:06 am

Thanks everyone for the info!

Tom Davidson · **Joined:** Sun Dec 29, 2013 6:07 pm **Posts:** 203

The troop kitchen car at Hagerstown was repainted about a year ago and is in pretty good shape, at least on the exterior. I know nothing about the interior.

The B&O caboose was in very rough shape from the time it arrived in Hagerstown, and is still in need of body work. It appears that a partial paint job has been in progress for some time.

Other cars in the collection at Hagerstown have received new paint jobs in the past year or so, including their PRR B60 baggage car and their C&O diner.

There are a few other items at Hagerstown, including a B&O M-26 boxcar and a small GE diesel from a local industry, which have yet to receive this kind of attention.

Tom

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