On October 30, Railroad Museum of New England moved a 1905 wood dining car, NYNH&H "Springfield", from Old Saybrook to Waterville, Conn. The car was unloaded and placed onto its trucks the next day. The car had been shrink-wrapped about 4 months ago, just after loading onto the road dollies at Saybrook.

Car arrives at Chase Yard in Waterville, Conn.


Backing the car into the yard gate; north truck in foreground. These are six-wheel composite trucks.



Setting car onto trucks:



Car weighs about 95,000 lbs. sans trucks, it is 83 ft long over couplers.

Howard P.

Howard, I have to ask, but what does Springfield look like under that shrink wrap?
On another note, would that wrap make a decent and cost-effective way of saving some of the other equipment currently parked outside?

Howard,

What is the long term plan - display or operation? It is neat to see such an early diner still exists. The New Haven was really a pioneer with its dining cars through the early part of the 20th century.

Long term plan is display indoors-- too original and too fragile to operate as a "dinner train".

RMNE has a phenomenal collection!! And thank you for the terrific photos too!

Stephen

That's a classy looking Peterbilt taking the car to its new home. If it had to move on the highway, it's moving in style.

I wonder what the car is like, too!

Comments about shrink wrap from someone who used it:

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Howard,

If you don't mind me asking, what did the shrink wrap cost? We have a couple of candidates for it here

We had a pro do it-- usually does boats, etc. along the Long Island Sound shoreline in Conn. Done in his "slow" season-- summertime. I think it was $1600 all in.

It is supposed to get some vents set into the wrap now that it's here in Thomaston.

Howard P.