Eastern Railroad Discussion > Spotted at NS Abrams yard (Pa) yesterday

Anyone have any info on this passenger car that was sitting on a flat at Abrams (King of Prussia PA) yesterday afternoon?

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Are they getting new passenger cars at East Broad Top? I though I saw an artucke somewhere about new passenger cars arriving. This car must be waiting for a crane and trailer to take it to EBT.

That is not an EBT car, they are painted dark green and arrive from Washington state directly by truck.
This appears to be a vintage car and does make one wonder where it came from and where it may be going.
Gonut

Paperwork said to the SMS at Bridgeport, NJ. Other than that, no idea.

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I read in Railpace that SMS was looking into passenger operations (tourist rides) in South Jersey area as they are restoring an 0-6-0 and a caboose.  This may be to aid in that endeavor.

-Sean

Car looks vaguely familiar... was this the car at the restaurant on the north side of I-78 near Annandale. NJ?

It's got truss rods, so likely a wood frame car.  This would be one reason why it is moving on a flat car.  The trucks may have already moved by highway to the destination location.

It's Amtrak's reequipping of the Pennsylvanian.

There was a second CNJ wood obs car in addition to the Cinton Station car. The Tempel was restored at Morristown & Erie in the 1990s.

This picture looks like the Clinton Station car.

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The Car is former B&O 912. It was previously owned by the Everett Railroad, but has supposedly been sold to SMS.

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SMS has also purchased most of Green Mountain / Vermont Rail System's ex-CNJ open window coaches.

Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> There was a second CNJ wood obs car in addition to
> the Cinton Station car. The Tempel was restored at
> Morristown & Erie in the 1990s.
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> This picture looks like the Clinton Station car.
>
> Posted from Android

FWIW....AFAIK..the CNJ cars (including the Clinton station diner car) are steel cars from the Blue Comet.   Not wood cars. 

What looks like truss rods could be tie downs to tension the load.
RB

If you go to Google Maps and look on street view in Duncansville, PA (40.42737231874916, -78.42000983246592), the Google car went by in August, 2022 as the Everett Railroad crew was preparing to board up the windows on 912.  You can make out the truss rods also.

BandO946 Wrote:
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> The Car is former B&O 912. It was previously owned by the Everett Railroad, but has supposedly been sold to SMS.

Rob Smith
Hamilton, ON

Yes, those are definitely truss rods.

Victor B.

Hopefully NS won't kick a cut of loaded sand cars into the track.

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