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GP40MC 1116 wrote:I am potentially planning a trip this summer/early fall to the Whippany Railway Museum and I would like to get some rolling stock photos of the Morristown & Erie if possible.The Whippany Railway Museum's four Comet I coaches (3 trailers and one cab) are the only four that will be publicly accessible on our line, and should be easily viewable at the Whippany grounds. The M&E-owned cars are stored in locations that are not accessible without trespassing, so I very strongly suggest you do not attempt to photograph those without first checking in with the M&E police department in Morristown.
I have a few questions I hope some folks can answer for me.
1) Does anyone have a roster listing of all the ex NJT Comet trailer and cab cars that are owned by the M&E or Whippany Railway Museum
2) Would a considerable ammount of this equiptment be located at the musuem or at M&E's shop complex in Morristown
therudycometh wrote:Thanks for yor information Rudy. Although the Whippany Musuem is only open on Sundays, so I don't know if photographing those cars on other days would be possible (the ones in Whippany)GP40MC 1116 wrote:I am potentially planning a trip this summer/early fall to the Whippany Railway Museum and I would like to get some rolling stock photos of the Morristown & Erie if possible.The Whippany Railway Museum's four Comet I coaches (3 trailers and one cab) are the only four that will be publicly accessible on our line, and should be easily viewable at the Whippany grounds. The M&E-owned cars are stored in locations that are not accessible without trespassing, so I very strongly suggest you do not attempt to photograph those without first checking in with the M&E police department in Morristown.
I have a few questions I hope some folks can answer for me.
1) Does anyone have a roster listing of all the ex NJT Comet trailer and cab cars that are owned by the M&E or Whippany Railway Museum
2) Would a considerable ammount of this equiptment be located at the musuem or at M&E's shop complex in Morristown
Whippany's four coaches are the three trailers (#1786 "Hanover", #1753 "Morristown", and #1803 "Whippany") and cab car #5119.
GP40MC 1116 wrote:Yes, you can get them any day of the week right at the museum in Whippany. While the museum building is closed, the property is open to the public, and generally there are volunteers there working on the equipment during the week.therudycometh wrote:Thanks for yor information Rudy. Although the Whippany Musuem is only open on Sundays, so I don't know if photographing those cars on other days would be possible (the ones in Whippany)GP40MC 1116 wrote:I am potentially planning a trip this summer/early fall to the Whippany Railway Museum and I would like to get some rolling stock photos of the Morristown & Erie if possible.The Whippany Railway Museum's four Comet I coaches (3 trailers and one cab) are the only four that will be publicly accessible on our line, and should be easily viewable at the Whippany grounds. The M&E-owned cars are stored in locations that are not accessible without trespassing, so I very strongly suggest you do not attempt to photograph those without first checking in with the M&E police department in Morristown.
I have a few questions I hope some folks can answer for me.
1) Does anyone have a roster listing of all the ex NJT Comet trailer and cab cars that are owned by the M&E or Whippany Railway Museum
2) Would a considerable ammount of this equiptment be located at the musuem or at M&E's shop complex in Morristown
Whippany's four coaches are the three trailers (#1786 "Hanover", #1753 "Morristown", and #1803 "Whippany") and cab car #5119.
GP40MC 1116 wrote:Just curious, but with the ME 488 and 489 in service in Rockland, how does the Whippany Railway Museum run their Santa Trains (with the Comets) without HEP?They use some of the private cars with generators under them. Typically, they use the Birken and the Alder Falls to power the three Comets and the Jersey Coast.
airman00 wrote:I have a quick question on the one C1 cab car... I saw a post on facebook that the whippany museum plans on using it as a coach? (And not as a cab car?) Anyone know why? And is the cab operational and functional? Or do the controls not work? The cab car looks great especially with the "tiger stripes" and all. It'd be a shame not to use it as a cab car as that alone (a fully operational C1 cab) would be a HUGE draw!The "CAB" car was always meant to serve as a Passenger car. For it to Operate as a "CAB" car there is a Remote control "MU" cable that runs the Length of the Consist all the way to a connector on the engine. There is 2 things preventing us doing this. The first is the Jersey coach parlor car was built way before there was MU cables, so it doesn't have one. We installed the wire bundle, but it never had its end connectors installed. But the Main reason is that we have to put a HEP power car at the end of the consist. This is because a single HEP car can't support all the HEAT / AC & Lights for all 6 cars that we normally run. We may be able to do it someday, and as far as we know the CAB controls are completely operational. About 2 years ago we we able to get all the automated doors to operate via the conductor controls. Cab control is something we would like to see, but right now its not possible or practical
RichT wrote:Thank you for the response! It's good to hear that someday it'll be used as a cab car.airman00 wrote:I have a quick question on the one C1 cab car... I saw a post on facebook that the whippany museum plans on using it as a coach? (And not as a cab car?) Anyone know why? And is the cab operational and functional? Or do the controls not work? The cab car looks great especially with the "tiger stripes" and all. It'd be a shame not to use it as a cab car as that alone (a fully operational C1 cab) would be a HUGE draw!The "CAB" car was always meant to serve as a Passenger car. For it to Operate as a "CAB" car there is a Remote control "MU" cable that runs the Length of the Consist all the way to a connector on the engine. There is 2 things preventing us doing this. The first is the Jersey coach parlor car was built way before there was MU cables, so it doesn't have one. We installed the wire bundle, but it never had its end connectors installed. But the Main reason is that we have to put a HEP power car at the end of the consist. This is because a single HEP car can't support all the HEAT / AC & Lights for all 6 cars that we normally run. We may be able to do it someday, and as far as we know the CAB controls are completely operational. About 2 years ago we we able to get all the automated doors to operate via the conductor controls. Cab control is something we would like to see, but right now its not possible or practical
