Comet I's Officially Retired?

[NJT4115]

On sterling rail classifieds, now just 5 comet 1 cars left for sale. There were 20 recently, so apparently someone bought 15 of them. I wonder who?

Please, no scrappers! Spare these innocent cars

[Tadman]

Quote of the month here...

smell like burrito night at a prison

Most commuter trains I ride tend to smell like commercial disinfectant. However, you ride the Chicago subway late at night and it smells like the bottom of a toilet. I came back from a date last night on the Howard train and about tossed cookies it smelled so bad. Then, you have your Sunday morning vom-on-the-platform (I live near a college).

mmmmkayyyyyyyyy....

[ApproachMedium]

Most commuter trains smell like that because of the stupid chemical bio toilets they use. If they would switch to a vac system like the superliners and viewliners have, they wouldnt have this problem. LIRR and MNCRR have them on their M7 series cars and they also dont smell like toilets/chemicals.

[GP40MC 1116]

Does anyone know if there are any Comet 1 cars left on NJT property that are not spoken for (scrap or donated). Similar to those cars that were donated to museums and the MCVX cars? I know a public safety organization that could benefit from the use of one or two cars to train emergency responders

[NJT4115]

Does anyone know if there are any Comet 1 cars left on NJT property that are not spoken for (scrap or donated). Similar to those cars that were donated to museums and the MCVX cars? I know a public safety organization that could benefit from the use of one or two cars to train emergency responders

I don't think there are any left on property. The last time I saw one was at MMC in December of 2010. I was on I-95 heading towards New York, but I didn't get a really good view of the car. There are plenty of Comets at the Whippany Railroad Museum.

[airman00]

There might be some for sale on Sterling rail classifieds. You'd have to check.

[25Hz]

Does anyone know if there are any Comet 1 cars left on NJT property that are not spoken for (scrap or donated). Similar to those cars that were donated to museums and the MCVX cars? I know a public safety organization that could benefit from the use of one or two cars to train emergency responders

I don't think there are any left on property. The last time I saw one was at MMC in December of 2010. I was on I-95 heading towards New York, but I didn't get a really good view of the car. There are plenty of Comets at the Whippany Railroad Museum.

So that's where they are based out of when i see them in rail videos....

[sixty-six]

Does anyone know if there are any Comet 1 cars left on NJT property that are not spoken for (scrap or donated). Similar to those cars that were donated to museums and the MCVX cars? I know a public safety organization that could benefit from the use of one or two cars to train emergency responders

I don't think there are any left on property. The last time I saw one was at MMC in December of 2010. I was on I-95 heading towards New York, but I didn't get a really good view of the car. There are plenty of Comets at the Whippany Railroad Museum.

There are some still on the property.

[ns3010]

Does anyone know if there are any Comet 1 cars left on NJT property that are not spoken for (scrap or donated). Similar to those cars that were donated to museums and the MCVX cars? I know a public safety organization that could benefit from the use of one or two cars to train emergency responders

I don't think there are any left on property. The last time I saw one was at MMC in December of 2010. I was on I-95 heading towards New York, but I didn't get a really good view of the car. There are plenty of Comets at the Whippany Railroad Museum.

There are some still on the property.

Are those cars still at Winslow Jct?

[GP40MC 1116]

I ended up contacting the Sterling Rail Inc. contact to see what information he could provide for me. From what I recived, there are 20 comet 1 cars left. 10 are cab units and the other 10 are trailer cars. 5 of the cars are located in Winslow Junction, NJ. The only information that confuses me, is I also found a similar posting (http://www.trains-trams-trolleys.com/home/coaches.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) to show 5 Comet 1 coaches in NJ.

Wasn't able to get car numbers, as I would have had to agree to Sterling Rail’s Buyers Brokers agreement in order to get the car numbers, but I am fairly certain these are it:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=3179745" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[25Hz]

No sign of them anywhere in the vicinity on google earth. The tiles in that area are pretty fresh too.

[transit383]

A pic from March 2009 of one of the two remaining Comet I sets still in operation:

NJT 5123 at Kingsland