Delaware Otsego System

 

Freight Car Roster

 

Compiled by Mark J. Jacob

 

Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley

Numbers

Qty.

Type

Notes

28070-28075

6

Thrall All-door boxcar

Acq. 1974; wore D&H reporting marks until ca. 1976; black & yellow;  to USLX late 1980s

28076-28081

6

Thrall All-door boxcar

Acq. ca. 1975; black & yellow; to USLX late 1980s

29000-29046

47

Evans side-slider boxcar (all-door)

Transferred from FJ&G gradually,  early 80s; blue & yellow; to USLX late 1980s

30000-30039

40

Evans All-door boxcar

Acq.  ca. 1976-77; blue & yellow; to USLX late 1980s

68248

1

40 ft boxcar

Acq. mid 70s; ex Swift reefer; used for recycled glass service from Cooperstown; painted by local school class; stored at Coop. Jct., to LRHS fall 2002

24007

1

40 ft boxcar

Acq. mid 70s; ex Swift reefer; used for recycled glass service from Cooperstown; painted by local school class; on NYS&W at Binghamton for storage

25004, 25008, others

?

40 ft boxcar

Acq. mid 70s; ex Swift reefers; some repainted in DO blue & yellow, others stayed in SRLX silver (for company service?); 25008 is still on CACV at Milford, owned by LRHS; 25004 was stored at Coop. Jct., sold for scrap 10/02; one is used as office at NYS&W Ridgefield Park, NJ Engine Term.

 

 

Fonda, Johnstown, & Gloversville

Numbers

Qty.

Type

Notes

29000-29047

48

Evans Side-slider boxcar (all-door)

Acq. ca. 1979; blue & yellow; transferred gradually to CACV early 1980s; to USLX late 1980s

40000-40009

10

Evans All-door boxcar

Acq. ca. 1979; blue & yellow, to USLX mid 1980s

126304-126356

53

40" boxcar

Acq. 1975 via LOAM; ex PC, nee PRR; some repainted blue & yellow;____ transferred to LASB late 70s/early 80s

138321-

138392

Alt. Paint

138328

72

40" boxcar

Acq. 1975 via LOAM; ex PC, nee PRR; some repainted blue & yellow; 138347 destroyed by fire on FJ&G;138340 to LASB late 70s/early 80s

153825-153839

15

50" boxcar

Acq. 1975 via LOAM; ex PC, nee NYC; rebuilt late 60s by PC from 40" cars; some repainted blue & yellow; all transferred to LASB late 70s/early 80s

153900-153999

100

50" boxcar

Acq. 1975 via LOAM; ex PC, nee NYC; rebuilt late 60s by PC from 40Õ cars; some repainted blue & yellow; 68 cars transferred to LASB late 70s/early 80s

 

Lackawaxen & Stourbridge

Numbers

Qty.

Type`

Notes

9000-9049

50

50" ext. braced boxcar

Ex Erie Western; acq. by NYS&W ca. 1980; listed in ORER as LASB cars for most of the 80s, not known if actually lettered LASB

126304-126356

?

40" boxcar

Transferred from FJ&G late 70s-early 80s;  Acq. 1975 via LOAM; ex PC, nee PRR; some repainted blue & yellow

127000-127039

40

40" boxcar

ExLOAM, exx PC; acq. late 70s; some repainted blue & yellow

 138340

1

40" boxcar

Transferred from FJ&G early 80s; Acq. 1975 via LOAM; ex PC, nee PRR;

153825-153839

15

50" boxcar

Transferred from FJ&G late 70s-early 80s; Acq. 1975 via LOAM; ex PC, nee NYC; rebuilt late 60s by PC from 40Õ cars; some repainted blue & yellow;

153900-153999

68

50"  boxcar

Transferred from FJ&G late 70-early 80s; Acq. 1975 via LOAM; ex PC, nee NYC; rebuilt late 60s by PC from 40Õ cars; some repainted blue & yellow;

 

 

Central New York

CNYK had no freight cars of its own.

 

 

List of Known Surviving DO ex  Penn Central Boxcars

RR

Numbers

Qty.

Type

Location

Notes

LASB

127002

1

40"

E. Honesdale,PA

SJ Bailey Furniture Co. Storage

LASB

126341

1

40"

E. Honesdale, PA

SJ Bailey Furniture Co. Storage

LASB

153977(?)

1

50"

E. Honesdale, PA

SJ Bailey Furniture Co. Storage

FJG

126353

 

40"

Butler, NJ

NYS&W MofW/Storage

FJG

153900,153924,153966, 153xxx

4

50"

Cooperstown,NY

DO Corp. Storage

FJG, LASB?

126319, others

2-3

40"

N. Bergen, NJ

Transload Facility

LASB

126330

1

40"

Butler, NJ

NYS&W MofW/storage

?

? (127000 or 138000 series)

1

40"

Butler, NJ

Repainted as NYS&W 526 for movie filmed in 1980s; NYS&W MofW/storage

?

? (127000 or 138000 series)

1

40"

Butler, NJ

Repainted as ÒErie 172Ó for movie filmed in 1980s; NYS&W MofW/storage

FJG

153958,153xxx

2

50"

Butler, NJ

NYS&W MofW/storage

LASB

153xxx

1

50"

Butler, NJ

NYS&W MofW/storage

FJG or LASB

1(127000 or 138000 series)

1

40"

N. Bergen, NJ

Repainted as ÒPRR 710Ó for movie filming in early 1980s; Used as transload shed on NYS&W

FJG or LASB

153xxx series

2

50"

Ridgefield Park,NJ

NYS&W engine term. Office/storage

FJG

153xxx series

2

50"

Arkville,NY

Delaware & Ulster RR

FJG

153xxx series

2

50"

Kingston, NY

Catskill Mtn. RR

FJG, also LASB?

153917,153921,others

several

50" (and 40"?)

Mayfield, NY

Verklier's junk yard

LASB

126328

1

40"

Gloversville, NY

Apollo Northeast

 

153963

1

50"

Gloversville, NY

FJ&G RR Museum

FJG

153936,153989

2

50"

Fonda, NY

Go Oil

?

?

1

40"?

Binghamton, NY

NYS&W

?

?

several

50" (and 40"?)

Utica, NY

NYS&W

FJG

138348

1

40"

Cooperstown, NY

Owned by LRHS, leased to Cooperstown Brewing

?

?

1

40"

N. Bergen, NJ

Transload Facility; repainted early 1980s as PRR 710 for movie filming

?

126322

1

40"

?

Transferred to NYS&W mid 80s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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