another caboose found on LI

[alcoAL]

I found this 2 years ago but forgot about it. Then I saw it again last weekend. It's an old wooden caboose (as if there are new ones) at a camp in Center Moriches. It's Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck on a 37-acre site on the shores of Kaler’s Pond. Each year at this time they have a Spooky Walk as a fundraiser, and it's quite good (and scary). The last thing you go thru at the end is an old caboose. The first time I saw it I thought it might have been a homemade thing & since it was dark it was hard to tell much about it. Last weekend I looked at it more closely & it looks like a real one. The wheels, trucks, couplers & brake wheels were all real & the body looked real as opposed to what I thought was homemade. I didn't get a picture but I emailed the camp for some info if they can provide it. The camp opened in 1948 for physically & mentally challenged children (at the time it was for kids with polio). If I get more info I'll pass it along. It has a center cupola so it could be a LI hack.

for more info:
Spookywalk website is: http://www.spookywalk.com/spookywalk2006.htm
Camp website is: http://www.camppaquatuck.com/index.html

[Dave Keller]

I was at Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck back in 1972 for a Boy Scout leaders' training weekend and the caboose was there at that time.

Probably donated in the 1960s by Tom Goodfellow, once the steel cars were in use.

Dave

[RGlueck]

This is a good time for me to remind interested parties that LIRR #29 is up for grabs at Seashore Trolley Museum, in Kennebunkport.  Her external sheathing is gone, but the roof is fair and the structural integrity is excellent.  I have photos of her for interested parties.  You move it, it's yours.  I am told the same is true of the MP54, although I think its shot.

[Cliner 2005]

This is a good time for me to remind interested parties that LIRR #29 is up for grabs at Seashore Trolley Museum, in Kennebunkport.  Her external sheathing is gone, but the roof is fair and the structural integrity is excellent.  I have photos of her for interested parties.  You move it, it's yours.  I am told the same is true of the MP54, although I think its shot.

I visited S.T.M. in September, 1998. I saw and photographed L.I.R.R. MP-54 #4137. Is this the car you are referring to? I thought I saw some reference on another forum that there was another MP-54 at Kennebunkport. I only saw #4137 (nee 1137) when I was there. Most of the windows were shattered with rocks or BB's, whistles were missing (that's the first thing to go) as well as windshield wipers. Lots of rust below the window line - in 1998. There is only so much volunteers can do - and it was evident that the projects that were being worked on were of quality craftsmanship.

[NYandW]

Rich, Yes please send me the #29 LIRR caboose photo(s) for this page: http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirrcabooseroster.htm

Thanks!
#30 at Oyster Bay

[alcoAL]

I got a response back from the camp. It is an LIRR hack but the lady didn't have a date  when it was obtained. She said a Boy Scout wants to restore it for his Eagle project. (I could be mean & say he'll probably get it restored faster than some other projects I know of, but I won't, it might start trouble )

If I want to visit the camp in the daytime, I can call ahead. Which I think I'll try to do in a couple weeks. Some photos of it now would be good to have as well as any serial number or other markings that may still be on it somewhere.

[kuzzel540]

Yeah, I remember seeing that.  I use to go to the Duck BBQ every year.

[Dave Keller]

I'm in the process of acquiring some interesting info on the hack at Pa-Qua-tuck.

Beeee patient, my lovelieeeeees . .   He He He He He He He! (cackle)

Dave

[74volts]

My brother-in-law, Jerry Camardella, gave me these pics from the Schiff Scout Reservation. Maybe you guys have pics of this one already?

                  Mike

[rs31556]

I saw another caboose in Lindenhurst.  It was at the intersections on 3rd St. and Broadway, about one block south of the RR(Hoffman St)  Does anyone know the history of thid one?

[NYandW]

http://members.aol.com/belpaire/lindenhurst.htm
http://www.bradcoweb.com/trains/lindenhurst.htm
http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirrcabooseroster.htm

This should help a bit!
Best,

Steve

[rs31556]

That's it!

Thank you Steve.

[Dave Keller]

That's the site where the old Lindenhurst station was moved during the grade elimination.

Originally two structures, the express house was combined with the depot to make one structure while in its later years in LIRR service.

When it was moved, the two parts were separated and have since been restored to the original look of two, independent buildings, much to the credit of the museum/ historical society that owns the site.

Dave

[jetfan]

Don't forget the other caboose in Lindenhurst, on the Central Branch, and Albin Ave, in the LIRR yard that's there. Also painted orange, I'll get the number tomorrow if anyone wants it.

[RetiredLIRRConductor]

I know i have mentioned this in other forums, just thought I would share it in this one too. Nothing made the old timers cringe more then calling a "Hack" a caboose. I remember when I first hired on, there was a hack on main line # 4 at hillside, as we went by on mainline 2. I called queens on the radio to ask if a freight was working,  or if the hack somehow seperated from the back of a freight.  I made the mistake of saying "caboose" on the radio..man I heard it for days... "Its a HACK, not a caboose.
I suppose as the old timers retire, and there are less people who actually worked frieghts with "hacks" this will be another tradition gone by the wayside. ( hey that was a RR term too )  Thanks for letting me "Let off steam"