Rochester and Genesee Valley RR Museum - part 2

 Restored Equipment on the Upper Level....by Don Janes

     We continue our tour at the upper shop area where there were a lot very well restored pieces of equipment on display.  These included several cabooses, locomotives and other rolling stock.  If you ever get a chance to visit this great museum it is well worth the trip.  The staff is very friendly and welcoming.   

One of the more interesting locomotives at the museum was this RS-3 with a high short hood, which housed a steam generator, and was referred to as a "Hammer Head".  I believe there were only five built. This unit has been re-engined with an EMD prime mover 

Another interesting locomotive was this Fairbanks Morse switcher.  I have never seen a FM engine before.  This engine is operational and is occasionally fired up

The musrum owns several really nicely restored (both inside and out) cabooses, one being this Penn Central transfer caboose

This is a very nice looking Lehigh Valley caboose.  Fully restored inside and out.

This BR&P wooden caboose is in great shape.  

This display of various signal and interlocking devices was housed in an old RPO car that sat beside the shop.  I found the interlocking machine with all the handles very interesting

This old ALCO S-2 is in good shape and I believe it is operational.

I found this old Erie milk car interesting as some of these cars ended up on the B&M in milk car service