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RESTORED TRAIN CARS and STEAM ENGINE

At the New Braunfels Railroad Museum

 

In July 1987 NBRRM took delivery of a 1950 caboose built by the Missouri Pacific Railroad at its Sedalia, Missouri shops. Known first as IGN #276, it was rebuilt as MP #13385 in 1964 by the International Car Co, rebuilt again in 1970 and listed as "retired" in 1980.

These were all steel cars (type SSW2) with heavy duty underframes and cushion draft gear. These standard steel cabooses were big, roomy cars with massive underframes that could take a lot of abuse. Over the years, many modifications were made to the original car, including addition of electricity, radio equipment, modern cooler/ice chest and drinking water systems, oil fired stove/heater, and comfortable interiors.

 

 

Locomotive #7, was purchased in November 1993 with donations from area citizens, and delivered to the museum on Dec. 20, 1993. It was built for Florida Portland Cement Co. of Brooksville FL by H. K.  Porter Locomotive Co., in July 1942, construction #7367; sold to a private individual in the early 1970's, and used at the Gold Coast Museum in the Miami FL area; then leased and sold to the Texas Tank Car Works (dates unknown) in San Angelo TX. as their yard switcher. It is an 0-6-0T, Steam Engine type, tractive effort 30,125#, weight empty 138,000#, 44 inch driver diameter, 19" x 24" cylinders, working boiler pressure 180 psi, and burned #5 fuel oil as fuel. It has been cosmetically restored.

 

The Museum purchased a 1920's Pullman car in 2009. This car once ran on the Illinois Central Railroad as a coach; subsequent owners converted it to a "table car" for excursion service.

The car is shown here in March 2010 at the BNSF yard in Ft. Worth Tx, on its way from Guthrie OK to the Museum.  Extensive brake work and other minor mechanical work was required to make the car roadworthy for transport to the Museum. The car has been placed alongside our other rolling stock, on its own piece of track.

See the dining car page for more information and/or to rent the car.