Blue engine

 

Blue engine and red caboose

 

The rolling stock in the yard awaits for passers-by to admire them.  This scene is presented as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.

 

 

 

Red and blue caboo

One caboose, two caboo, three cabeese, four - cabess? caboss?

Red and blue cabooses

The red caboose is on the main line, awaiting clearance to head southbound; the blue is on the Pier siding.

Two cabooses in the cold rain and snow

The red caboose is a N5B class, the blue is a "cupola" type.

 

Old Colony and Boston and Maine meet again

The red caboose sports the colors of the Old Colony railroad.  The blue caboose wears the venerable Boston and Maine livery.

 

The N5 class was introduced in 1914 by the Pennsylvania Railroad as the first all-steel caboose.  This red one was originally with the PRR; it is thought to be of 1920s vintage.  The blue caboose was originally a wooden caboose.  It was rebuilt by the B&M on the original frame but with a steel body.  A closer look shows it to be shorter by a few feet than the "usual" caboose length.

All three photos are relaxed view 3d stereographs.