Caboose in Merrimack

[sixaxlealcoII]

Does anyone know the pedigree of the wooden caboose located along Rt.3 in Merrimack New Hampshire. It is being used as some kind of retail shop.

Michael Thomas

[John_Henry]

Roger Kirkpatrick's caboose list has it as ex New Haven.

JH

[truman]

I made the same assumption. Its actually a flanger. Check the thread "Merrimack NH" in the B&M/MeC forum.

[sixaxlealcoII]

When I drove by the caboose last week the passenger in my car indicated that he thought it was from the WN&P. I figured if it was truly a piece of WN&P rolling stock it was worth looking into further. I really dig those fox trucks...

Michael Thomas

[Guilford Guy]

http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?20020 ... =merrimack

[citystation1848]

My two cents:

It is an old flanger as stated, and I find it strikingly similar to the flanger that's up at North Conway behind the freight house. My bet is on Maine Central heritage.

http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?19981 ... 600317.jpg

Matt

[Guilford Guy]

http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?20061 ... NG=flanger

[caboose9]

John_Henry wrote, "Roger Kirkpatrick's caboose list has it as ex New Haven."



Must be an old New Hampshire List! Get a newer one from me at "caboose9 @ beyondbb.com", no gaps. Roger

[citystation1848]

Some good news... after reporting that it was scrapped on Facebook, the former owner popped up and said it was sold to someone that's moving/restoring it for use as an office. Yay!

[p42thedowneaster]

Looks very similar to the Maine Central/Portland Terminal flanges in Sandown, NH. Not sure those are fox trucks...typically I think of them as being pressed steel. These are iron-clad wood maybe?

[eustis22]

>Maine Central/Portland Terminal flanges in Sandown, NH

Where are these located, please?

[p42thedowneaster]

They are right at the WN&P depot in the center of town.

The cars were moved over from Derry where they were kept for a while on the M&L near Bensons hardware. When they arrived in Sandown they had already been painted red which was thought to be in homage to the B&M territory they were placed in. The Sandown team researched the cars and found them to be of MEC heritage and decided to color them in the later green scheme.

I think both colors may have been used on the MEC anyways though...
If you watch the 1940s-50s Mountain Division video by Heron Rail Video, I seem to remember seeing a similar MEC flanger in Bartlett wearing an oxide red color with white lettering and a matching "shorty" wedge plow ( 2 axle wooden plow).

[Dick H]

Sandown depot with caboose in the background. No information on when the photo was taken.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandown_D ... _Depot.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[eustis22]

thank you.

I'm not far from sandown and had no idea these were there.

[arthur d.]

Sandown depot with caboose in the background. No information on when the photo was taken.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandown_D ... _Depot.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Flanger.