This page lists the various New Brunswick cabooses and other railroad equipment that may be seen in the province.
Please contact me with any updates or additions.
Location | Company | Number | Type | Picture | Notes |
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Aroostook | CP | 437485 | ?? | Not seen | |
Bathurst | CN? | ???? | Boxcar | Yes! | Used as shed at Kenny’s Trucking |
Bristol | CP | 4490 | Baggage/Sleeper | 1 2 | Owned by Shogomoc Historical & Model Railroad Club |
Bristol | CP | “ASSINIBOINE” | Sleeper | 1 2 | Owned by Shogomoc Historical & Model Railroad Club |
Bristol | CP | “GRENFELL” | Sleeper | 1 2 | Owned by Shogomoc Historical & Model Railroad Club |
Chatham/Miramichi | CN | ?? | Wood | Yes! | Attached to restaurant |
Chipman | CN | 79318 | Wood | Yes! | Tourist information center |
Edmundston | CN | 79220 | ?? | Not seen | |
Fredericton Junction | CP | 434528 | Steel | Yes! | Tourist information center |
Grand Bay/Westfield | CP | ?? | Wood | TBA | Tourist information center |
Grande-Anse | CN | 79069 | Wood | Not seen | |
Hillsborough | CN | 78727 | Wood | TBA | Occasionally in use with S&H RR |
Hillsborough | CN | 79082 | Wood | TBA | Privately owned |
Hillsborough | CN | 78829 | Steel | TBA | Occasionally in use with S&H RR |
McAdam | CP | 436504 | Wood | Yes! | By tourist information center, near train station |
Meductic | CN | 79532 | Steel | Yes! | Private owner |
Meductic | CN | 79750 | Steel | Yes! | Private owner |
Minto | CN | 79207 | Steel | Yes! | By museum/tourist information center |
Moncton | CN | 5270 | 4-6-2 | Yes! | MLW steam engine built in 1918 |
Moncton | CN | ??? | Boxcar | Yes! | Old CN boxcar used as storage at Spring Specialty – now gone |
Murray Corner | CN | 78509 | Wood | Not seen | |
Oromocto | CN | 79294 | Steel | Yes! | By the Oromocto Mall |
Prince William | CN | 79423 | Steel | Not seen | Private owner |
Riverview | CN | 78301 | Wood | Not seen | Used as office |
Rothesay | CN | 78614 | Wood | Not seen | |
Saint John | CP | 437392 | Steel | Not seen | |
Sussex | CN | 79229 | Steel | Yes! | Agricultural Museum |
(My source for the cabooses I have not seen was the Canadian Trackside Guide, 1997 edition)
For interest’s sake, these are the operational CN cabooses I’ve seen and/or photographed in New Brunswick:
Number | Location Seen |
---|---|
79850 | Moncton |
79624 | Saint John |
79489 | Saint John |
NB Southern has three operational cabooses. Smurfit-Stone had one caboose in Bathurst.