Thursday, February 8, 2024

Tracking Down MU Cars

Many thanks to our official researcher, Wesley Paulson, who has tracked down two more of our "mystery cars." In this case, it's Lackawanna MU motor cars 4602 and 4627, which were listed as belonging to Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions in Alberta, Canada. I say "were" because APRE helpfully confirmed that both cars have been scrapped. So, I've removed them from the list.

And then there's the car shown here, Lackawanna 3545, which until 2015 (give or take) was stored at the Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum in Bellevue, Ohio. Rumor has it that the car was moved from that site to somewhere near Avon Lake, OH, but its current whereabouts are unknown. Anyone have any leads?

EDIT: Thanks to Pete Jedlicka, who has confirmed that car 3545 is, in fact, still owned by Buckeye Lake Trolley and is safely stored in a railroad yard in northern Ohio. Its status and ownership have been updated.

3 comments:

  1. Is this possibly it? https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZuxM2vMsqrLQwEvg8?g_st=ic

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  2. There is no sign of pantograph on the roof. The window pattern does not seem to match.

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  3. Agreed; that looks like an ex-LIRR "ping-pong" coach or possibly an ex-NYC ACMU car. It's in New York MTA paint, either way. Interesting find, though!

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