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There are several cabooses in the lower 90x numbering range based at Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg, PA. The caboose you saw is one of them. They come in various color schemes and inside you'll find radios, food preparation equipment, and sleeping accommodations. I don't think MPs ride in them...

Did you mean Cavalry instead of Calvery?

Some clarity on USAR rail units in the Northeast. The 1205th Transportation Railway Operating Battalion, headquartered in Middletown, CT, is the parent unit of the 226th Transportation Company (Railway), headquartered at Westover Air Reserve Base, MA, just east of Springfield. (Note: The 226th is a ...

A very recent issue of the B&O RR historical society featured a story that contained a map of the Camp Kilmer tracks. Let me know if you need a copy, and if you still need a Raritan Arsenal track map.

USA 2008 is the lone remaining locomotive at the post. USA 2037 was moved to Indian Head Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, MD, and turned over to Navy ownership close to two years ago, although the Navy has done little with it or the base rail system since then. At APG, the rail system is main...

There is indeed some interchange with the commercial carrier linking with the base. It's not a tremendous amount, but it's there.

To answer an earlier question, no, the GE 80-tons were not moved from the depot via airlift. Invariably they are transported on special flat cars with mountings for the flanged wheels. SDDC has several of these cars for just this purpose. Heavier locomotives with traction motors that can be safely m...

The two geeps at Senaca Army Depot aren't as mysterious as one might think. Prior to the depot's closure, they were relocated to other bases (USA 4626 went to Fort Bragg and USA 4627 went to McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, OK) and replaced by a pair of GE 80-ton locomotives (not 45-tonners - those ...

This base's railway system is still very active.

All of the Army's uniformed rail positions have been in the Reserve since the inactivation of the last active Army rail unit, the 1st Railway Detachment at Fort Eustis, on 30 Sep 78. These are the rail units that currently exist in USAR: 757th Transportation Battalion (Railway) - Headquartered in Mi...

The site's museum has some information on the railway operation once located there. Prior to WW II the 52nd Coast Artillery Regiment (Railway) was based at Sandy Hook.