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Caboose 102 sits,
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Caboose 102, strangely sitting on the
mainline. January 21, 1951
Collection of Steve
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The Rahway Valley
Railroad's one and only caboose, #102, was
purchased from the Delaware, Lacakawanna, and Western Railroad in
1937. The DL&W constructed the caboose, as part of a series, in
1914.
Caboose #102 served on
the RV for over thirty years, serving as a place for the crew to
ride, rest, and leave their things while out drilling the line. Due
to frequent switching, the caboose always rode behind the
locomotive, a rather rare occurance in railroading.
The little red caboose with its
yellow cupola remained on the railroad as late at the 1960's but
after the arrival of the diesels in the 1950's, with their fully
enclosed cabs the caboose became increasingly disused. Reportedly it
was purposefully burned one day in the Kenilworth
Yard.
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Caboose #102 in
Kenilworth. Collection of Thomas T. Taber,
III. |
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Caboose 102 down at
Aldene
Collection of Patty Clark
Gilbride |
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Caboose 102 in
Kenilworth.
Photo by George E. Votava, Dave Keller
archive |
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Caboose
#102 and #12 sit, stored, on the side track in the Kenilworth
Yards. July 4, 1939. Photo taken by George Votava. Dave
Keller archive. |
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Caboose 102 sitting
on the side track in Kenilworth. Is that window open, or has the window pane
been smashed? |
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#12 and #102 sit
sidelined in Kenilworth. |
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| #15 and
#102, the dynamic duo, trundle along and head towards the dreaded
Route 29 grade crossing. Collection of Jeff
Jargosch. |
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#15 and #102 at
Aldene on November 26, 1953, the last day #15 operated on the RVRR.
Collection of Jeff Jargosch. |
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#15 and Caboose
102 switch a customer on the Rahway Valley
Line
in
Maplewood. Collection of Donald
Maxton. |
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This fine Sunday afternoon finds #102 coupled to a
shipment of wine. See 'Booze on the Branch.'
Collection of Jeff Jargosch. |
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| Caboose 102 on the side track in
Kenilworth. The caboose featured a red body, a yellow cupola, and
green trimmed windows. February, 1957.
Collection of Frank
Reilly. |
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#16, only a few
months old, and #102 roll past the Baltusrol Station. Summer,
1951. |
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#16 and Caboose 102 work
in Kenilworth. April, 1951.
Collection of John
Dziobko. |
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These stills, taken from old
home movies, shows #102 out working along the line. In the first and
second images #102 is coupled to #13. In the image on the right #102
is seen, coupled to #14 which is pushing a freight up the hill
towards Summit.
Collection of Jeff
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