Conrail Caboose Photo Archive

The N3 - the ex Erie Lackawanna class

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N-3
The oldest EL cabooses to come to Conrail were 52 cupola-style cabooses, numbered C100-C168. Built by the Erie in 1941 as their first all-steel caboose. They were riveted, had a centered cupola and three windows on each side of the car. Because deteriorating physical condition many went directly into the MW service at the start of Conrail . Only 3 (I think 19600, 19654, 19660 ) were painted blue.
As a class, they were among the earliest to scrapped, 19600 was the only one on the roster in 1981.

	#	LOCATION	DATE	PHOTO CREDIT
	19600	Youngstown OH	Jan 20 , 1977	John Benson
	COTS
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	C-130	never renumbered scrapped 8/31/76	1975
	C-130	Akron OH	1975	Gary Morris
	C-136	probably pre Conrail		Bill Weibel from the collection of Joseph Testagrose
	C-140	Ringos NJ as it appears today former CR 46106	June 1997	Jeff Lubchansky
	C-144	North Randall OH seen here before Conrail as EL 144 - may not have made it to Conrail		George Elwood
	C-149	working for the Wilmington & Western C-149 arrived in Wilmington, perhaps in the mid eighties in CR work car gray.	July 1999	Ed Feathers
	C-149	C-149 getting preped for painting The C-149 has since been painted red but not lettered	July 1999	Ed Feathers
	C-149	It is now the main caboose used on the rear of the tourist train. The RR wanted a steel car on the back (for back up moves), and it has a large presurized water tank nice for putting out fires the steam engine starts.	Nov 2000 , on the first passenger run after the hurricane.	Ed Feathers
	C-150			Bill Weibel from the collection of Joseph Testagrose
	C-163	North Randall OH seen here before Conrail as EL 163. Scrapped 8-31-76 by Conrail		George Elwood