Looks like these 2 cabs Lehigh Valley 95100 and PRR 477203 are going to be scrapped within a week or so.If anyone is interested call Marty at ( 1-585-880-6283) There are pictures of both cabs posted over on Railfan.net under the Lehigh Valley forum.I must say they are rather rough looking in the photo's with the windoors and doors boarded up,they have plenty off surface rust,are missing their steps and they are sitting up on cribbing.The trucks for both are nearby.He's asking $10,000 or best offer,it's hard to say what that could be?

I just got a email from a friend and fellow LV cab owner who just got off the phone with Marty an hour ago.Marty needs the $$ bad.A fellow from Buffalo is going to look at them tomorrow and if there are no takers Marty's having them scrapped sometime next week.

What else is new with rusty derilict RR equipment that need paint jobs and TLC! Just thought i'd post here as they will both probably end up being made into razor blades,something that we all need.

Any word on whats happened to these?

A friend of mine said they were in the process of being trucked out.

I heard the same thing from a friend earlier today.The PRR cab is already gone from the site,not sure about the LV one?

Hello, my name is Otto Vondrak, and I'm a trustee of the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum in Rush, New York. We're actively pursuing the acquisition and eventual restoration of LV 95100... But we don't have a lot of time. We tried to acquire it a few weeks ago, and that deal fell through. Through an odd chain of events, we have a second opportunity to acquire the car, but we don't have a lot of time. We have raised $5000, we need to raise $5000 more.

All the details are here. You can donate securely through PayPal or send us a check. Every little bit helps.

http://rgvrrm.blogspot.com/2011/09/help ... alley.html

It is our goal to restore this caboose to full operation on our museum railroad where everyone will be able to enjoy it! We have realistic goals for fundraising and a practical plan to restore the car to operation. Please help us save this important part of Rochester's railroading history!

Thank you,

-otto vondrak
RGVRRM

UPDATE: To date we have raised $8750!

http://rgvrrm.blogspot.com/2011/09/help ... alley.html

We can still use your support to help bring this historic car home!

-otto-
rgvrrm.org

Photo by J.R. Nugent

On January 15, 2012, LV 95100 was placed inside the restoration shop at the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum. We are depending on outside donations to complete the restoration work, every little bit helps, whether it is a donation of cash, goods, or time.

http://rgvrrm.org/support/

-otto m. vondrak

Lehigh Valley Railroad Caboose 95100: Fundraising Phase II: Spring 2012

Thanks to the generous and enthusiastic support of many private donors, the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum was able to act quickly and purchase Lehigh Valley caboose 95100, thanks to cooperation from the scrap yard in Manchester from where it was rescued. In a matter of two weeks, we were able to raise $12,000 to cover the purchase of the car as well as the cost of cranes and trucking to the museum.

The caboose was trucked to our museum on October 22, 2011, and immediately our volunteers set to work to make the car safe for movement over rail up to our restoration shop. An initial investigation of the caboose’s brake system revealed that water had gotten into the pipes, so the brake cylinder was disassembled, cleaned, and repacked. A new crossover hose was also fabricated, which allows the brake pipe to move independently of the air brake equipment. After new valves were swapped in, the air brakes were once again functional by the end of November!

On January 15, 2012, LV 95100 was safely moved up to our restoration shop, the first movement on its own wheels since it was trucked to Manchester in 2005. In February, our volunteers set to work needle scaling the exterior body to remove rust and loose paint in preparation for making any repairs to the steel. Inside, we removed the obsolete oil-burning stove and fuel tank. The oil tank will be inspected, cleaned, and reinstalled, along with a replacement stove we already have on hand. By mid-February we had removed the ice chests from inside the car so that we could make repairs to the rot that was caused by condensation build-up over the years.

At the beginning of March, work had shifted to the interior as we begin to strip paint from all of the walls and fixtures to check for signs of rot and make any needed repairs.

The April 2012 issue of Railfan & Railroad magazine hit the stands, featuring a short article by our vice president Joe Nugent about how we acquired the caboose, and all of the twists and turns that we encountered along the way. We made a visit to our friends at Central New York Chapter NRHS, where they graciously donated to us many parts that we can use to restore our caboose, including a sink, cup dispenser, paper towel dispenser, wind visors, window guards, grab irons, and more.

As we approach the beginning of April, we must raise $2000 to continue the next phase of work on the caboose. This includes purchasing lumber to construct the missing interior fixtures and doors, as well as continuing with paint stripping both inside and out. It is our goal to have the caboose ready for sandblasting and exterior primer by the end of this spring. We have volunteers standing by ready to construct and install the missing interior fixtures, which includes storage benches and new exterior doors. Several volunteers have stepped up to help with needle scaling and paint stripping. But we cannot move forward until we have cash in hand.

The Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum would appreciate your help in funding this next phase of restoration. It is our goal to restore this caboose to its 1970s appearance as it operated on the Lehigh Valley Railroad. It will become part of our operating fleet, where our visitors will be able to enjoy riding in this caboose as they travel from one end of our museum railroad to the other.

Donations to the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum are tax deductible to the extent allowable by law. You can make your donation to the LV 95100 project online via PayPal at http://rgvrrm.org/support (make sure you put “LV 95100” in the comments or notes area) or you can mail your check to R&GVRRM, P.O. Box 23326, Rochester, NY 14692-3326. Please make sure to put “LV 95100” in the memo area of your check. Thank you for your support!

See also: http://rgvrrm.blogspot.com/2012/03/help ... ehigh.html

There has been so much info on the LV caboose, that I just realized that perhaps the PRR got moved out (saved) too. Is that correct? Or was she scrapped?

Thanks.

Les

I am afraid the PRR caboose did not survive. It was in very bad shape to begin with.