Philadelphia Sweeper Removed from List

I was reading this very interesting history of the preservation and restoration of Public Service Coordinated Transport 2651, published recently by the North Jersey Electric Railway Historical Society, when I noticed a throwaway reference on page 22. The article mentioned that Philadelphia snow sweeper C122, the 1923 double-truck Brill shown above in 2018, was finally demolished this past spring. It had been used for 45 years or so as a bunkhouse in Ringoes, New Jersey, first by the NJERHS group and then (I suppose) by the Black River & Western after NJERHS departed for Phillipsburg in 2000. This car was a good example of something only marginally "preserved," but seeing as it was at a tourist railroad - if not quite a museum - it still qualified for inclusion on PNAERC. It's now been removed, leaving the overall list at 2,089 cars.Of course, this is no real loss. Car C122 was a stripped hulk and never stood a reasonable chance of restoration. There are also six more of these Philly…

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