Eastern Railroad Discussion > PRR Caboose on CSX M433 today

CSX Riverline M433 southbound today just passed the BigTrains webcam at 12:11 PM today   and has at the end a very clean and really nice looking PRR caboose # 477863 on it.  Any idea where it came from and where its going?

The ARCHES caboose directory indicates it belonged to Juniata Terminal (Phila) and was in Camden NJ (NJT yard) at one time.  Class N5c.
jb
p.s. I went to the camera (Bergenfield NJ), rewound the tape to 12:11 on 10/27/24 and watched the s/b train.  Caboose has a yellow cupola, tuscan body, porthole windows.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/27/24 17:41 by boejoe.

Someone told me once, but I can't remember:  What was the reason for a yellow cupola on PRR cabin cars?  And what was the reason that some of the N5C cars were painted orange?  I was told that one of those differences was used to designate a pool caboose.  

inrdjlg Wrote:
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> Someone told me once, but I can't remember:  What
> was the reason for a yellow cupola on PRR cabin
> cars?  And what was the reason that some of the
> N5C cars were painted orange?  I was told that
> one of those  was used to designate a
> pool caboose.  
The yellow cupola, to my knowledge, was indeed for pool service (and, I believe, east/west travel).  There was a gray cupola that was also for pool purposes in north/south travel. 
Focal orange color was the last color change prior to Penn Central creation.  I have seen photos of N8's also painted in focal orange.
jb