Equipment
The
Rappahannock Chapter currently is in the process of restoring four
pieces of historic railway rolling stock: a Pennsylvania
B-60B baggage car, Richmond,
Fredericksburg,
& Potomac Extended Vision Caboose, a Norfolk & Western
Standard
Cupola Caboose, Pennsylvania X-58 boxcar, and several motorcars.
Members from the
chapter meet at the cars every
Saturday from 9:00 AM
to noon
to work on the cars at our current location in the Spotsylvania
County
Industrial Park
off of US
Route
2/17 in Fredericksburg.
Map to the Rappahannock Chapter's EquipmentInterested
in helping out? Feel free to come by the cars on a Saturday
Work
session to help with the preservation of these historic cars. To see
some of the progress being done on the cars please visit the
Photos
section of this website.
Norfolk & Western
C-31P 518620
This caboose was built in
1969 by the International Car Company of Kent,
OH
for the Norfolk & Western
Railway.
The car was used in continuous service up until the time it was donated
to the
chapter in March of 1990 by Norfolk Southern Corporation. 518620 was
seen routinely on coal trains throughout the
N&W and
predecessor Norfolk
Southern
system. This was the first piece of rolling stock donated to the
chapter. The
caboose received a cosmetic restoration several years ago and is in
good
condition with a working gas stove.
Pennsylvania B-60B
9325
Built
in 1928 by the
Pennsylvania Railway as number 9325 and was renumbered to 7533 when
Penn
Central acquired the car. The chapter received the car through a
donation made
by Conrail in late 1990, when the car was in storage at Wilmington,
DE.
Since the chapter has acquired
the car,
it has been through an ongoing restoration. Part of the restoration
included
the car being repainted from Penn Central Green, and restoration of the
interior. The car is now receiving work on the interior lighting and repairs to the diaphragm and side doors.
Pennsylvania
X-58 112171
Built
in November of 1964 for Fruit Growers Express by the Pennsylvania
Railroad's car shops in Holidaysburg, PA. The X-58 was the largest
class of boxcars built by for the Pennsylvania. They were 50'
refrigerated cars and had many different variations. It saw service
through Penn
Central, Conrail, and CSX The car was renumbered
during its time on Conrail to 363983, and under CSX to NYC 363983. In
December of 2005 the car went into storage at Fruit Growers Express in
Jacksonville, FL after its long career on the rails. The
car was purchased in May of 2006 and arrived in Fredericksburg on July
4th of 2006. The car is in excellent shape both physically and
mechanically.
Richmond
Fredericksburg & Potomac
Extended
Vision Caboose
905
905 was
built in May of 1973 by International Car Company in Buffalo,
NY
for the Richmond Fredericksburg
&
Potomac Railroad. This caboose saw service on many of RF&P’s
freights between Richmond,
VA
and Potomac Yard in Alexandria,
VA.
This car was in pool service with the Seaboard Coast Line in Richmond,
making frequent trips throughout the Seaboard system. The car was
semi-retired
and put up for sale before being donated to the chapter in March of
1990 by the
RF&P. 905 is in the process of a restoration, with a working
stove
already
installed. The next step in its restoration is a fresh coat of paint.