A serious buyer would simply send an email or make a quick phone call. I sent an email and received a roster of equipment that is included in the sale. I have attached the pdf file (not sure it worked).

The agent then called me after sending me the roster. As I suspected, the property is cheap since its full of hard to move rail equipment. I would suspect, and the agent actually brought this up, that the property, once stripped of the equipment, could be sold for enough to cover the expenses of moving some of the equipment. A win-win situation.

I visited the site today and met the owner. The whole site is for sale with all the cars and two B&ML 70T Diesels. The station is an elegant little building in very good repair. The equipment is mostly ex-MEC boxcars, a few ancient wood cars for MOW, two steel MEC hacks. There are two heavyweight Pullmans that wound up in MOW service. Much of the equipment needs steel work and there is a mix of r/b and friction trucks. The trackage is picturesque and in fair condition. There are a lot of spare parts, rails, rail-joiners, etc., etc. on the property, and about five wrecked or parted out vehicles. A serious railroad collector would do very well to come up and examine what remains. A wooden ex-MEC hack is for sale by a private owner. I toured that car and am pleased to say, it's intact and in good condition.

Two current things to note: The City of Belfast would like to rip up more track along the rivers edge and make it into one of those million-dollar generating trails for hikers and bicyclists! The other is, and I am serious about this, the owner is a nice enough fellow, but make certain you are visiting in the daylight and make your presence known.

Now the better news: The three stainless steel coaches have been moved tot he other end of the line in Brooks, Maine. They will be used by the guys operating that portion of the railroad, to haul tourists.

Here's a link to more pictures:

http://mreis.mlxchange.com/DotNet/Pub/E ... =MRE&t=MRE

This is just an outstanding collection right down to the details in the station. Come on, there must be a way to save this.

J.R.

The PS car likely is MEC 390, ex-AMTK 5444, exx-PC 4044, nee-PRR... it is shown, in better days, in the link below...
http://rrpicturearchives.net/rspicture.aspx?id=692688

The first Budd car is ex-AMTK 5680, exx-PC 2931, nee-NYC 2931. Like the 390, the car was acquired for use in Maintenance of Way service.

Two of the three coaches acquired from Amtrak by the MEC did see repainting into Guilford gray and orange but apparently didn't see all that much use.

Anyone know the identity of these two cars??



Thanks, Jerry, for the info!

Anyone know the identity of the other Budd car??

History of MEC #390:

PRR P85E 54 seat coaches #4044 and #4045 were built in 1950 by P-S in Lot #6808 to Plan #7593B. These were part of the Lot #6808-#6809 order of lightweight equipment for the ACL Florida pool. 23 coaches (also 54 seats) were built to Plan #7593, with twenty owned by ACL as #228-#247 (#247 was built for the City of Miami pool) and three by RF&P as #810-#812. Another five coaches (56 seats) were built to Plan #7593A for FEC (including two for the City of Miami pool). Lot #6808 also included thirteen diners built to Plan #7592, and Lot #6809 consisted of 42 10RM-6DB sleepers built to Plan #4140B and ten 21RM sleepers built to Plan #4156.

Amtrak acquired all thirty coaches in 1971. PRR #4043-#4044 as #5443-#5444, RF&P #810-#812 as #5440-#5442, ACL #228-#247 as #5450-#5469, and FEC Sebastian, Canal Point, Salerno, Lantana, and Hypoluxo (SAL #6266-#6270) as #5470-#5473 and #5264 (SCL had reduced the seating in four of the cars to 54 and reduced seating in the Hypoluxo to 52 with the addition of a conductor's desk).

There are at least six other coaches from Lot #6808 that survive:

ACL #230 is on the Stone Mountain line as #1507 (that number comes from its time on the New Georgia).

ACL #237 is owned by WMSR as #850 Howard O. Hovatter (#800397) (also former New Georgia).

ACL #239 was at the Memphis Transportation Museum--don't know where it is now.

ACL #245 is owned by TCRM (formerly part of the Broadway Dinner Train).

FEC Sebastian (SAL#6266) is owned by the Indiana & Ohio Scenic as #5470.

FEC Salerno (SAL #6268) is stored by Gateway at Granite City.

A seventh coach, RF&P #810, had survived in private ownership in Leavenworth, KS, until last year, when it was scrapped as the city wanted to clean out the old grain elevator site where it was stored.

Source:

1. "Streamliner Cars Volume One: Pullman Standard" by W. David Randall (RPC Publications, 1981)

I am working with the people operating the line to set up a charter to travel over the entire B&ML from end of track (roughly under the Route 1 bridge) out to Burnham Jct. It will originate at City Point Station. If it happens it will be a Saturday this October. If you are interested in details when they become available please PM me.

For what it's worth, since I noticed this thread started in 2012 and there is nothing posted concerning the status of the sale:

Story dated July 3, 2013.
http://www.penbaypilot.com/article/broo ... tion/16966

Possibly has been addressed in a separate thread.