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The N-5G class

N-5G

Between 1939 and 1946 the Lehigh Valley Railroad built, a series of 140 caboose ( numbered 95001-95140 ) Based on the classic "Northeasten design" with distintive rain channels added over the windows making them easy to identify as former Lehigh Valley. There are two phases and eight lots,

Generally Phase 1 cabosoes had one square window on right side of end, cushion underframe, flush roof/end walks, cast steps. Like many other railroad rolling stock, there where exceptions - some phase one cabooses also had a second square window on the left side of the ends, some had fabricared steps instead of cast steps.

LOT 1 7/37 TO 12/37 95050-95069 $4,885
LOT 2 6/39 TO 7/39 95070-95079 $4,046
LOT 3 4/40 TO 3/41 95080-95103 $4,687
LOT 4 5/40 TO 4/41 95001-95014 $4,885
LOT 5 5/42 TO 8/42 95015-95026 $4,835
LOT 6 4/44 TO .. 95027-95041 $5,514

Generally Phase 2 cabboses had two porthole end windows, raised roof/end walks and cast steps

LOT 6 .. TO 6/45 95042-95049 8 cars
LOT 7 7/45 TO 11/45 95104-95125 $5,715 21 cars
LOT 8 3/46 TO 5/46 95126-95140 $5,840 14 cars

 

Penn Central purchased sixteen in 1968, in three batches. ( LV # 95107, 95108, 95112, 95119, 95124, 95127, 95001, 95008, 95045, 95071, 95121, 95042, 95078, 95098, 95101 and 95126) They were probably purchased to releive caboose shortate. They repainted , renumbered 18400 - 18405, 18417 - 18426 ( in the same sequence with the earlier LV numbers ) and assigned to yard service.

When Conrail acquired the cars in 1976, the PC cars rejoined the remaining Lehigh Valley cabose to form a class of 92 with numbers 18613-18704. While Conrail retained the PC classification and numbering system for cabooses it renumbered the N-5Gs in to a new series ( 18600 ).

The cars were 34-feetlong, 11-1/2-inches high from rail head to roofline (excluding the cupola which was about 2-feet, 6 inches high); and 6-feet, 6-3/8-inches wide. Caboose weighed about 44000 Ibs.

 LV #  Phase  Lot Built by
LV 		  End
Windows		  PC # Purchased  CR #    Present Location
 95107  2  7  8-27-45  2 RD  18400  4-19-68  -  Scrapped 9-25-71
 95108  2  7  8-31-45  2 RD  18401  4-19-68 18600   retired by CR in 1977
95112   2  7  9-25-45 2 RD   18402  4-19-68 18601   Believed to be in AZ
95119   2 7   10-31-45 2 RD   18403  4-19-68 18605    retired by Conrail
 95124  2  7  11-30-45  2 RD  18404  4-19-68 18610    retired by Conrail 1994
Titusville, PA #1012
 95127  2  8  4-3-46  2 RD 18405  4-19-68  18602  Avis, PA - Nov. 2000
 95001 1   4 5-10-41  1 SQ 18417 5-19-68  18607 retired by Conrail 
95008   1 4   7-3-41  1 SQ  18418  5-19-68   (18611)  Scrapped by PC 1976 was to have been
CR 18611
 95045  2 6   4-30-45  2 RD  18419 5-19-68  18606  retired by Conrail
 95071  1  2  6-22-39  1 SQ  18420 5-19-68  -  Scrapped 6-24-69
 95121  2  7  10-31-45  2 RD  18421 5-19-68  18603  retired by Conrail
 95042  2  6  4-30-45  2 RD  18422  6-19-68  18612 Port Clinton, PA 
 95078  1  2 7-8-39   1 SQ  18423  6-19-68  - Scrapped 2-11-77 
 95098  1  3 2-4-41   1 SQ  18424  6-19-68  18604  retired by Conrail
 95101 1  3 3-4-41   1 SQ  18425  6-19-68 18609  retired by Conrail
 95126 2   2  3-29-46  2 RD 18426 6-19-68  18603  retired by Conrail


 

 N-5G

 LOCATION

DATE

PHOTO BY
 18417  Hagertown MD  October 17, 1970  from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
 18419  Hagertown MD  Aug. 9, 1970   from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
   18419  Baltimore, MD  1977  J Benson
 18421  Washington DC  August 1976  Dick Leonhardt
 18423  Conway PA April 1975  from the
collection of
Jim Hebner 

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