Found a potential lead: The Car Is Conrail 64707, a flanger built in 10-1924 most likely as a Pullman/Government/Pennsylvania Railroad Troop Sleeper Car, was converted to a MOW Caboose sometime after WW2. Finally converted to a flanger in the 60’s. Then to Penn Central as flanger 60052. Finally it went to Conrail as flanger 64707 and sold to a private owner.

Yes, this rail car should be saved. It can become a very unique, nice place to live. Thank you for sharing.

Depending on where I'm going on California Rd in Quakertown, Pa, I see that rail car all the time. That weird art form is what that guy creates & sells, apparently he must be doing very well as he's been in business for some time now. Some yrs back, I remember when that track ran across the road then it was removed as that it was no longer in use or needed. I have lived here in Quakertown for the last 46 yrs & have seen many changes & probably will continue to do so, it's a very nice & quiet Bucks County town.

This is the one I found. The track used to go across California Rd and connected to the Reading Quakertown Branch. I remember when they had service to this warehouse. Over the years these sat there and they repaved the road in the late 90s and they ripped up the tracks. I was wondering why they left these there. I think these needed maintenance and were " bump " cars , like they had behind the Pennsburg Shopping Center the same time period, and they pulled those out in the late 90s and ripped up the 663 crossing. But I remember watching trains on these lines every day. That building used to have a business but it was leased for a lot of stuff. In 1984 they had a massive Haunted House for Halloween that was two floors and the coolest one I have ever seen. Those in the middle are brakes cylinders The top I think are air tanks. ESPN must still own these. I don't know if Conrail owned these. This was Reading and Conrail owned Reading. 2007 ? I didn't think that that crossing still existed in 2007. I thought it was late 90s they ripped up the crossing. My memory is going so I am clearly wrong. I have noticed that I am more confused this past month than ever before. Really scared me.

The round EMD object is a Multi Unit socket with a flip up cover. MU cables connected all the controls together.

Yes, it should definitely be saved. It's evolution is an interesting one and is a great proxy for US railroad history. It'd fit in well at the Danbury Railway Museum.

This is in my backyard. The guy that does the sculptures told me he owns all the cars.

I've seen these cars! The doors on the flanger are engineer side doors from a MP54E5 or MP54E6. At 3:10 you can see the window on the door has a second square frame around it. This was so the engineer on the MP54 could open the window, (which was on a hinge, essentially a door in a door) and get some fresh, cool, air in the summer. The other 2 doors still left on the flanger are missing the windows. The boxcars have East Penn Railriad reporting marks.

EPRY was the East Penn Railways. It merged with Penn Eastern to form in East Penn Railroad (ESPN) in 2007, so the cars were likely retired prior to that.

I have nothing to do, I’m going to look.

Snow flanger made from a former Pennsylvania Railroad boxcar.

Yes I believe that the Flanger should be saved.

Great video and great location for this topic I grew up near this area and I've always wondered what this caboose thing was

it looks like a boxcab electric enginge used to move trains in and out of graund central terminal

I don't recognize that exact car but the controls and interior air cylinder arrangement makes me think it may be a flanger of some kind.

Looks like a GE gas turbine Doodlebug.

Neat video. Anyone ever tell you you look like Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future?

hi owns the "abandoned" and stripped 484 locomotive that was bought in mexico?

god damn vines

I think the stock should be saved, there are no PRR flangers left in existence.

It should be saved

has poling pockets ..very old

The sculptures are ugly but not the railroad cars!

It looks like it's still restorable. Let's hope this forlorn relic is pulled out of its purgatory, restored and will ride the rails again!