Conrail Caboose Photo Archive

The N5G Class - ex Lehigh Valley

 


N5G
The Lehigh Valley Railroad had 92 cabooses on the property just before Conrail. They were built between 1939 and 1946 and numbered 95001-95140. When Conrail was formed in 1976, they reunited with the former LV cabooses that the Penn Central had purchased in April 1968 . Penn Central classified them as N-5Gs.

Penn Central Renumbering
 LV 95107  PC 18400    LV 95001  PC 18417
 LV 95108  PC 18401    LV 95008  PC 18418
 LV 95112  PC 18402    LV 95045  PC 18419
 LV 95119  PC 18403    LV 95071  PC 18420
 LV 95124  PC 18404    LV 95121  PC 18421
 LV 95127  PC 18405      

 

Five more LV cabooses ( numbers unknown) became PC Nos. 18422-18426.

Conrail renumbered their ex-LV in to the same Penn Central series numbers 18613-18704.

34 ' long,
11' 1/2 " high from rail head to roof line ( the cupola added about 2 ' 6 " more)
6-feet, 6-3/8-inches wide.
weight 44000 Ibs.
 

 N5G #

 LOCATION

DATE

PHOTO BY
   18601  There is a persistent rumor that steel, cupola, LV 95112/CR 18601 went to a private owner in Tucson AR
Has anyone heard of this caboose?		    
 18602  Buckeye Yard
Columbus Ohio
in better times		    Jim Hebner
 18602  Renova PA
no longer there		  August 15, 1998  Jim Hebner
   18608   Clearfield PA  Aug 16, 1984  Chip Syme
   18608

  Clearfield PA

tight shot sunny

Oct 11 1986  Chip Syme
   18619  Lewistown  Oct 20, 1984  Chip Syme
 18621  Port Clinton PA
number taken from both trucks		  August 13, 1998  Jim Hebner
18624 At Wickford Junction shopping plaza
in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.   ex LV 95038 ex Seaview RR		  Dec 2002  Bill MacIndoe
   18624 how it looks now   Fall 2005  Bill MacIndoe 
   18624  how it looks now   Fall 2005  Bill MacIndoe 
18624 how it looks now  Fall 2005  Bill MacIndoe
 18627  soon at Catawissa PA
ex LV as it was when
Walt Gosciminski bought it
Click here to view his web site		  August 15, 1998  Jim Hebner
18628 Wellington OH
 Preserved! at the
Midwest Railway Museum		  March 9, 1997  Jim Hebner
18644  Scranton PA
preserved at Steamtown		  June 28, 1997 Jeff Lubchansky
 18645  Winslow Jct NJ
on the SRNJ
ex LV 95002		 Jan 6, 2002  Jeff Lubchansky
18647  Catawissa PA
ex LV 95039 as it was when
Walt bought it
Click here to view his web site		  1996  Walt Gosciminski
18647 Catawissa PA  as it appeared
Walt has 13 Conrail cabooses
Click here to view his web site 		  1997  Walt Gosciminski
18647  Catawissa PA  restored now to Lehigh Valley 95039
Walt has 13 Conrail cabooses
Click here to view his web site 		  August 15, 1998  Jim Hebner
18649  Cedarville OH
ex LV 95088		  August 10, 1997  Jim Hebner
 18652  Renova PA
for sale		  August 15, 1998  Jim Hebner
 18653  Williamson NY
a rainy day on the Hojack Line		    Jim Hebner
 18653  Newark NY  July 1979  Jim Hebner
   18653  Webster NY  July 1979  Jim Hebner
18655 Rochester NY
LV 95046 -
before it was Conrail 18655		 1970 Jim Hebner
         
 18655  soon at Catawissa PA
just after delivery to
Walt Gosciminski
Click here to view his web site		  August 15, 1998  Jim Hebner
   18662    April 1978  
    18666  Conway PA  May 19 1996  Chip Syme
    18666  Conway PA  May 19 1996  Chip Syme
    18670  Conway PA  May 19 1996  Chip Syme
18671  Hamburg NY
Western NY Railway Historical Society restoration site		  May 17, 1998  Jim Hebner
  18671   Hamburg NY
Western NY Railway Historical Society restoration site		  Aug 2005   Jim Hebner
18672  Tunkhannock PA  Dec 26, 1999  MGR
 18672  Tunkhannock PA  Dec 26, 1999  MGR
 18672  Tunkhannock PA  Dec 26, 1999  MGR
18687  Preserved!LV 95106 at Ringos NJ
, Black River & Western Railroad, built in Sayre, Pensylvania, 1945		  June 1997  Jeff Lubchansky
 18690  Renova PA
for sale
note the window modifacation		  August 15, 1998  Jim Hebner
  18696  Winslow Jct NJ
on the SRNJ
ex LV 95032?		 Jan 6, 2002  Jeff Lubchansky
   18698 Located in Sayre, Pa. was purchased from Conrail by the Valley Railroad Museum in 1990-1. The museum disbanded (unfortunately) and the extensive collection of LV memorabilia was donated to the Bradford County Historical Society in Towanda, Pa. The caboose has been relocated from near the former LV passenger station about 100 yards north near the former walk bridge. Both the station and the caboose are owned by the Borough of Sayre.    
CR???  Preserved! at Crestline OH
what was it's CR #????		  May 3, 1998  Jim Hebner

 

Preserved N5G

18610 Titusville PA ex LV 95124 ex-PC 18404 as OVHX 1012,Casey's Caboose Stop Motel, near OC&T Depot
18627 Catawissa PA
18629 Titusville PA ex LV 95016 as OVHX 1011 Casey's Caboose Motel, near Oil Creek & Titusville Depot
18630 Titusville PA ex LV 95058 as OVHX 1017 Casey's Caboose Motel, near Oil Creek & Titusville Depot


18642 Milan PA ex LV 95065 at the Depot

18644 Scranton PA ex LV 95003 Steamtown National Historical Site, Claremont & Concord
18645 Winslow NJ ex-LV 95002, owned by Southern Railroad of NJ - painted new Statue of Liberty graphics (CRRNJ) in service!

18647 Catawissa PA CR ex-LV 95039, Catawissa Station, Walter Gosciminski, from Renova, PA
18649 Cedarville OH ex LV 95088, N-5G, 21 Miller Street
18655 Catawissa PA

 

18661 Titusville PA LV 95069? as OVHX 1013, N-5G, ex-CR , Casey's Caboose Motel, near Oil Creek & Titusville Depot
18671 Hamburg NY ex LV 95050 Western New York Railway Historical Society

18677 Titusville PA LV 95073/7 as OVHX 1018, N-5G, ex-CR , Casey's Caboose Motel, near Oil Creek & Titusville Depot

18696 Winslow NJ LV , Southern Railroad of New Jersey Yard

18683 Winslow NJ ex LV 95070 built 6/39, Southern Railroad of New Jersey Yard

18693 Topton? PA LV 95087 as CR , Paul Troutman, owner, now in Kutztown or Leesport?
????? Sayre PA LV 95011 other Lehigh Valley cabooses in area?, LV Depot Museum and Shops
????? Ringoes NJ ex LV 95106 , Black River & Western Railroad, built in Sayre, Pensylvania, 1945
????? Crestline OH

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 the N3 ex EL  the N8D class ex DL&W / EL
 the N3A ex EL  the N8 class ex-PRR class
 the N4, N4A and N4B classes  
 the N5 class  
 the N5A, N5E, N5F classes  the N6A Transfer Class ex NYC/PC
 the N5B class  the N9 & N9E Transfer Class
 the N5C class  the N11 & N11E Transfer Class
 the N5G class ex PC/LV  
 the N5H class  the N10 class ex Penn Central
 the N5K class ex ATSF/PC  the N12 class ex Penn Central
   the ex New Haven classes NE-6, N8A, N8B
 the N7, N7A & N7C classes ex NYC  the N20 class ex Reading
 the N7B class ex NYC  the N21 classes The true Conrail Caboose
 the N7D ex EL  the MW Cabooses
 the N7E ex EL  the MGA ex Monogahela cabooses

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