Inspection train in LIC sat. morning

Ok so who's got the goods on the train I happened across at Arch st. saturday morning? 261 was hauling a single caboose -which a little over a half dozen people boarded. This was around 10:30AM. I didn't have time to see where they went after.

Not sure what they were looking at besides the yard itself.

I have a photo of it, though it's not the greatest considering the tight fencing around the yard I took a quick shot through.

Finally dug up the photo...

Is that hack one of the ones the LIRR bought from the ICG in the early '70's???

Curious, did NYRA add a bay window to ex LIRR C-52?

The car looks like a former NYC/PC caboose,the bay doesn't extend to the floor,the end handrails setup
matchs how the NYC had them built.

It's plenty hard to tell (even on the raw file... stupid fence...), but it's actually 62, not 52.

62 is listed as an N-22B type caboose here:
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I suspect LIRR bought it new since the earliest photo of it on that page is 1971. The kicker here is that according to the roster it went to LIRC years ago. I'm thinking LIRC received the second caboose that NY&A inherited - though I'm not sure what number that one was.

The hack was built new for LIRR.

I think that yard is the one being shut down with its customers to be relocated to a new facility, some time in the next 2 years.

Yes a lot of changes comming in the LIC area, stay tuned.

There's a long bit about the wheelspur/arch st. switcheroo here - http://ltvsquad.com/2013/03/11/lics-whe ... nt-future/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - so I guess it's still happening, no matter how slooooowly.

I wasn't sure if that inspection train had anything to do with it.

Hacks 52 or 62 ... I thought NY & Atl only had 62 & 65, with 65 not suitable for any kind of use ? Therefore it's 62 ?

How much land is there to build on? Also a quagmire plate F(boxcars) cannot make it down there as of yet.

Mr rt wrote:Hacks 52 or 62 ... I thought NY & Atl only had 62 & 65, with 65 not suitable for any kind of use ? Therefore it's 62 ?

C-65 is over at the LIRC painted green and blue, carrying the number 105.

"Wheelspur" (new location on the south side) has also been completely cleared out for some time, with numerous inspections done by both railroads.

It's definitely 62 then. Anyone know when did 65 leave?

I haven't been by the wheelspur site in awhile - they lay any track yet? Buildings were vacated by fall 2012, flooded by the hurricane, and demoed by last spring.