Dear Friends of the B&O Railroad Museum:

Many of you have inquired about damages to specific collection pieces in addition to the information provided in our preliminary list of damaged artifacts. Therefore, we will be posting an overview on the damage to individual locomotives and rolling stock gathered by the guest curators. These overviews are preliminary and by no means final reports. The final reports are still being compiled as the damaged locomotives and rolling stock continue to be studied. The Museum gratefully acknowledges our guest curators, John Bechtel of the North Carolina Transportation Museum; David Dunn, Ryan Kunkle, Allan Martin, Steve Meola, and Mark Volatile of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania; and Walter P. Gray III and Kyle Williams Wyatt of the California State Railroad Museum who so willingly gave their time and expertise to assist us in this daunting task.

This week's report on the B&O C-2222 caboose will also include recent efforts towards its restoration. The C-2222 was the first rolling stock piece removed from the Roundhouse after the collapse because it was positioned on Track 15, which is one of two track exits from the building (see Roundhouse Restoration Report for February 27, 2003). Immediate efforts were made to protect the caboose from further damage. Since the turntable has been inoperable, the C-2222 has remained outside the Roundhouse on Track 15 adjacent to the Museum's "Education Station" building. Restoration work has begun recently and will be complete before the winter. After restoration, the caboose will be protected from the elements by a shelter similar to the other pieces currently in the Roundhouse (see Roundhouse Restoration Report May 9, 2003).

For a brief history and damage overview of the B&O C-2222 caboose click here.