CONRAIL CABOOSE PHOTO ARCHIVE

The ex-NYC N7B Class

There were 100 of this class built by the NYC Despatch Shops in starting in 1963 as Lot 919 numbered 21000-21099. The N7B designation was not given until Penn Central merged the NYC cabooses into the PRR classification system

The NYC numbers were retained through the successive PC and CR ownership (although CR inherited only 88 of these cars).

The N7B was 37'9" over strikers; with 30' of interior space.

Location & Information

Date

Photo Credit

21001

 Conneaut OH

 August 1986

 Jim Hebner

21005

Greenmont Yard
Springfield OH

Nov 13, 1977

 Jim Hebner

21018

 Springfield OH
Limestone Street

 Jim Hebner

21020

Columbus OH
Buckeye Yard

 Jim Hebner

 Sam Rea shops
built March 1963
note the late CR logo
 May 29, 1993
 Chip Syme
 Sam Rea shops
note the NYC 21028 - not PC 21028
 May 29, 1993
 Chip Syme
 Sam Rea shops
note the painted over
rear marker
 May 29, 1993
 Chip Syme
Pittsburgh PA
Produce Yards
all plated over
March 1995
 from the
collection of
Albert Phleep

21038

Columbus OH
Buckeye Yard

 Nov 11, 1982

  Jim Hebner

21038

Colliers WV

 April 26, 1994

  Chip Syme

Colliers WV
note the AEI tag and
NYC in the upper corner
 April 26, 1994
  Chip Syme
21038
moved since above photo

21039

Columbus OH
Buckeye Yard

 Jim Hebner

21039

 Caroll OH
Preserved

 Sept 13, 1997

  Jim Hebner

21040

 Springfield OH

 Jim Hebner

 Morristown NJ
privately owned - temporarily stored
on the M&E
 Dec 25, 2004
 Jeff Lubchansky

21044

 Mount Holly NJ
Preserved at a McDonald's
Another view

 1998

 Terry Willi

21044

Mount Holly NJ
Preserved at a McDonald's
a picture of a picture in the 21044 showing
what it used to look like

on Nov 6, 2013 it was loaded on to a trailer and hauled away.

 1991?

 Terry Willi

In Feb 2014 it was listed on eBay by
Allied Recycling
in Mount Holly, NJ 08060
Shown here preserved at
Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum
(now closed)
  21052 Sold to private owner
now used on Massachusetts Coastal Railroad 		   
 Buckeye Yard
Columbus OH
 August 21, 1981
 Jim Hebner

21064

Marienville PA
Knox & Kane Railroad

 June 14, 1987

 from the
collection of
Chip Syme

21064

Marienville PA
Knox & Kane Railroad

 June 14, 1987

  from the
collection of
Chip Syme

21064

Ruherford PA

 Oct 19, 1984

  Ross Jack

21070

Massilon OH

 April 26, 1994

  Chip Syme

21070

Massilon OH

Sept 3, 2002

 Ross Jack

21070

Massilon OH

Sept 3, 2002

 Ross Jack

21070
 Wooster OH
 Sept 2002
 Chip Syme
 Aberdeen MD
June 1982
 Dick Leonhardt
 E'port NJ
 Feb 16, 1977
 Al Tillotson
 Ashtabula OH
 1980's
 Jim Hebner
Elkhart IN
 at the rail museum in
 2006
 Sam Sponseller
 Harrod OH
Preserved on the old Erie mainline?
Coupled to a 3 truck Shay
 Feb 9, 1997
 Jim Hebner
 Oct 19, 1984
 Ross Jack

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Updated March 23, 2022