Nostalgia & History > Conrail Cabooses - Part II

Conrail N -12 24530 (ex-PC) sports the Conrail police badge under the bay window,

South Plainfield, New Jersey.
Novrmber, 1990



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One of ten built for the Reading lines, this Conrail N-20 22137 looks like it can see some service.

Ridgefield Park. New Jersey,
August, 1987,

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Conrail N-5G 18612 was built for the Lehigh Valley.
This particular caboose was bought by the Penn Central along with a bunch of others in this class.
They were all delivered to Conrail in April of 1976.

Allentown, Pennsylvania,
Sepember, 1987

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One of my favorites, this N-12 24540 was labeled for the "PIttsburgh Division Conway PA."

Rochester, Pennsylvania.
October, 2002.



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Good selection. The forward and back windows on the bay windows surprised me. I never paid attention to the shape before.
Bob

I forget ... did CR get all the RDG extended vision cabooses, or did some go to D&H?

And a merger of two railroads with very different personalities would produce vastly different styles of cabooses.

The 21300 is an N-21 Conrail built caboose from a New York Central design in 1978.

Along side is N-5C 23112 built for the Pennsylvania Railroad. They had that semi sreamlined cupola and pairs of porthole windows. 

Port Reading, New Jersey,
September, 1989,



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CPR_4000 Wrote:
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> I forget ... did CR get all the RDG extended
> vision cabooses, or did some go to D&H?
There were two classes built by Internationa Car Co for Reading
Class NEa #94100 - 94109 built 1970  All went to Conrail
Class NEb #94110 - 94119 built 1971  All went to D&H

Some of each still survive
(info from Reading Company Cabooses, John W. Hall)

 

Joe is spot on regarding the ten that went to the D&H.
RDG 94116 became D&H 35797 (class NE6). It's now owned by the Reading Company T&H Society.

/Ted

These are just great, overniteman. I'm kicking myself for not having bothered to photograph more of them myself.
/Ted

CR definitely ended up with a wide assortment of cabooses.   Has anyone attempted to count up the many different varieties to include transfer cabooses?