Penn Central Caboose
Photo Archive

The ex-PRR N5 Class


The N5 was as designed and built 1914-1927, the first all-steel cabin car. There were 925 N5 cabooses.
Former PRR # 476694-477619. They were 29 foot long, steel and were in the Penn Central and Conrail 19000 series but not consecutively numbered.

Number

 Location & Information

Date

Photo Credit

 Conway Yard, PA
 May 1976
 Jim Hebner
 Niantic CT
outside the Railway Express Agency
 1975
 B. Dowd
19051

Jeffeson OH
restored to original PRR 477243

2022 Blake Sugarberg
Built May 1916
 from the
collection of
Albert Phleep
 Niagara Falls ON
Canada
 Jim Hebner
 Niagara Falls NY
 April 1975
 Dave Eckler
Altoona PA
whitelined
July 1970
Steven M Geisler
Chicago IL
59th St Yard
Oct 1973
Steven M Geisler
 Webster NY
 September 1975
 Jim Hebner
  19111   Feb 15, 1976  from the
collection of
Albert Phleep
 Buckeye Yard
Columbus Ohio
 Jim Hebner
 Shown at Yorktown Heights NY - preserved! Now at the Danbury Rail Museum undergoing restoration
 October 1995
 Gene Fusco
 
 as it looked as it arrived at the Danbury Rail Museum awaiting restoration
 1997
DRM 
 
 Phillipsburg, NJ
April 18, 1971
unknown 
 Bill Waller
 
 Phillipsburg NJ
 April 30, 1977
unknown 
 
 Pittsburgh, PA
May 21, 1978
David Hamley
 
 Preserved! by the Cumberland Valley Chapter N.R.H.S. in Chambersburg, PA.
 Jim Hermsdorfer
  19248 Fayetteville PA
PRR 477045 ex-PC 19248R
Built 1916
Aug 26, 2018 Bob McGilvray Jr
 Dewitt Yard
 Jim Hebner
Sandy Creek Trail in PA
Nov 11, 2012
Rich Ballash
At Fishermans Cove end of the
Sandy Creek Trail
August, 2018
Vicki1960
 
 Xenia OH
 1974 or '75
 Jim Hebner
 Abrams PA
 Sept 25, 1978
 Thordale PA
Nov 7, 1971
from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
 Newark NY
 Jim Hebner
 
 Niagara Falls NY
 June 1976
 Jim Hebner
 
Phillipsburg NJ
 Feb. 27,1976
 from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
 Conway Yard, PA
 May 1976
 Jim Hebner
 
 Rochester NY
Goodman St. Yard
 October 30, 1971
 Jim Hebner
 
 Vanport PA
built July 1923
may not have made it to Conrail
 November 1973
 George Alberti



Click on the class you want to view


 the N5 Class ex PRR
 the N8 class ex PRR
 the N5A Class ex PRR
 the N5K class
 the N5B Class ex PRR
 the N5C Class ex PRR
 the ex New Haven NE-6
 the N5D, E, F Classes ex PRR
 the ex New Haven N8A and N8B
 the N-5G class ex LV
 the N6 & N6A class
 the N-5H class
 the N9 & N9E class
 the N11 & N11E class
 the N7 class - 3 photos
 the N7A class - 10 photos
 the N10 class built by Penn Central
 the N7B and N7C class - 6 photos
 the N12 class
 

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