A museum view.
Remington Arms Mack Rail Bus 2, ex. Sperry Rail Services (parts), exx. Remington Arms 2, nee New York, New Haven and Hartford 15 built by the Mack Truck Company in 1954. The New Haven Railroad, while under Frederick C. Dumaine, Jr. contracted Mack Trucks to produce ten of these units for branch line use. Dumaine designated these cars FCDs in honor of his father, the recently retired chairman of the board. Due to management changes on the railroad, only one of the cars ever carried passengers and they were subsequently sold. In April 1962, this unit was acquired by Remington Arms of Bridgeport, Connecticut, where it was used as an industrial shuttle. Sperry Rail Services of Danbury purchased it in July 1985 and in September 1996, donated it to us.
New York, New Haven and Hartford multiple-unit combine car 4673, ex. Metro-North 018, exx. Penn Central 4673, nee New Haven 4673 built by Pullman-Standard in 1954. It was donated by Metro-North and arrived in 1997.
New York, New Haven and Hartford multiple-unit combine car 4671, ex. Metro-North 017, exx. Penn Central 4671, nee New Haven 4671 built by Pullman-Standard in 1954. It was donated by Metro-North and arrived in 1997.
Metro-North air-conditioned multiple unit 1171, ex. Conrail 4768, exx. Penn Central 4768, nee New York Central 4768 built by Pullman-Standard in 1965, donated by Metro-North and arrived in 2005.
New York, New Haven and Hartford RDC-1 32, exx. Amtrak 19, exxx. Penn Central 76, nee New Haven 32 built by Budd Company in 1953. It was donated by Metro-North and arrived in 1995.
DAPCO Industries rail flaw detection hi-railer DC7 which was assigned to Union Pacific. It has a Union City Body Company step-van body (similar to a bread delivery truck) on a Chevrolet chassis and is equipped with railroad wheels and performs a function similar to the Sperry Rail Detector Car 135.
With that picture, it was time to board the museum's train. I joined the line but when the conductor punched my ticket, he told me to ride in the Maine Central caboose so I climbed up into the cupola and met a father and his two daughters who were already there. Once everyone had boarded, we took off for the turntable.
On the way to the turntable.
The two daughters in the cupola.
The rest of the trip to the turntable where we all detrained for a ride on the turntable.
Maintenance equipment. Once everyone was on the turntable, the operator started it for one rotation.
The 360 degree trip around the turntable. From here we went and saw the pump house.
Our train waiting for us.
The Danbury station sign.
The Pump House was erected in 1910 by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. Locomotives use more water than coal, and trackside structures like this were common along the right of way in the days of steam. Adjacent to the pumphouse was a water tower, and along the tracks of the Maybrook Freight Line were two gravity-fed stand pipes, one beside the eastbound track and one beside the westbound track.
Pfizer SW8 1. We all reboarded the train to continue our ride.
Our trip down and back on the most southerly yard track.
The return trip to the loading area and I had a few more pictures to take.
New York, New Haven and Hartford RDC-1 32.
New York Central FL9 2013.
Sperry rail detector car 135.
Erie Lackawanna 70 ton hopper car 3349 built by Greenville Car Company in 1974. It was purchased from Conrail and arrived in 1997.
Another view of New York Central 2013.
Rear view of New York, New Haven and Hartford FL9 2006.
Metro North P32AC-DM 228.
A Metro-North cab car on a train laying over for the weekend here. I went inside to see the model railroads in the museum.
Views of the model railroads at the Danbury Railroad Museum.
