Penn Central Caboose Photo Archive The ex PRR N-5C Class

Penn Central Caboose
Photo Archive-

The ex PRR N-5C class

The PRR's began building 199 N-5C's in March 1942. The porthole caboose that utilized round windows on the carbody and most end doors, larger streamlined cupola , lower belt rail, no vertical butt strip.

Exterior dimensions were the same as for the N-5B.

Original PRR numbers were 477820-478019.
PC renumbered them into the 23000-23179 series.

169 made it to Conrail retaining their PC numbers.

N-5C

LOCATION

DATE

PHOTO BY

23000 Phillipsburg NJ September 7, 1975 from the
collection of
Jim Hebner

23003 Springfield OH Jim Hebner

23020 Whippany NJ
being restored to
PRR 477823 Dec 29, 2001 Jeff Lubchansky

23025 PRR 477994 before being repainted PC green unknown from the
collection of
Albert Phleep

23027 before PC it was PRR 477938 unknown from the
collection of
Albert Phleep

23029 Eastbound freight out of the Utica, NY yard, . Notice the 'new', unprotected cars on the car carrier. (taken with a 126 camera - alot of us started there) 1977 Michael Fullerton

23041 Akron OH June 1976 Paul McGrane

23042

23064 Industry PA
PRR 477849 before getting
it's PC green coat April 1973 George Alberti

23069 Philadelphia PA
Prestored to PRR 477863
owned by Juniata Terminal July 21, 2001 Jeff Lubchansky

23071 Conway Yard PA
23071 trails a guard car on a military train August 1974 George Alberti

23077

23082

23090 Columbus Ohio
Buckeye Yard Sept. 1976 Jim Hebner

23093 Cleveland OH
Collinwood Yard Jim Hebner

23094 Springfield OH
at Glen Echo Jim Hebner

23107 Rutherford PA May 9, 1976 from the
collection of
Jim Hebner

23107 Allentown PA March 6, 1977 from the
collection of
Jim Hebner

23120 Altoona PA
Brown car body
yellow lettering
in PP&L unit coal train service Sept 12, 1976 David H Hamley

23151 Enola PA May 9,1976 from the
collection of
Jim Hebner

23155 Charlotte NY July 6, 1974 Dave Eckler

23155 Charlotte NY July 6, 1974 Jim Hebner

23156 Rochester, NY
There is a red dot labeled ORE
near the lube plate - I believe
this meant the caboose was qualified for ORE train service where helpers in excess of 7500 HP could be used on the rear end of trains in PA and OH. June 1973 Jim Hebner

23168 Conway Yard PA
PRR 477849 before getting it's
PC green coat June 1973 George Alberti

23168 Conway Yard PA
PRR 477849 before getting it's
PC green coat June 1973 George Alberti

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Most of the photos on this site are from original photos/slides or submissions. Some photos are from the web - I have tried to get permission to use on all of them, but a few may have slipped through. Please, let me know if that has happened.

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