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.
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| The musrum owns several really nicely restored (both inside and out) cabooses, one being this Penn Central transfer caboose |
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| This is a very nice looking Lehigh Valley caboose. Fully restored inside and out. |
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This BR&P wooden caboose is in great shape.   |
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| 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 |
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| This old ALCO S-2 is in good shape and I believe it is operational. |
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| I found this old Erie milk car interesting as some of these cars ended up on the B&M in milk car service |
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