Penn Central Caboose Photo Archive -

The ex-New York Central N7B & N7C Classes

N7B

There were 100 of this class built by the NYC Dispatch Shops in starting in 1963 as Lot 919. They retained their original numbers 21000-21099.

New York Central's last order for bay window cabooses was filled in 1963 when the company received a fleet of 98 N-7B's from D.S.I., including Nos. 21000-21099. Interestingly enough, the NYC numbers were retained through the successive PC and CR administrations .
Only 88 made it to the Conrail merger.

 

 N7B #

 LOCATION

DATE

PHOTO BY
21007  Rochester NY    Jim Hebner
21008  Hagertown, MD
(incorrectly lettered N7A)		  Aug. 9, 1970  
21031  unknown  unknown  from the
Albert Phleep
collection
 21049      Jim Hebner
21053      
21072  East Rochester NY  1970-71  Jim Hebner
21085  before being repainted  unknown  from the
Albert Phleep
collection

N7C

There were only four N-7Cs, 21496-21499. They were built during 1965 by the International Car Company in Kenton, Ohio, for the Peoria & Eastern, a New York Central subsidiary.

While somewhat reminiscent of the earlier N-7A/N-7B cars, the N7C had a more sculptured bay window and less cluttered body style.

36 feet 7-1/4 inches long between platform end sills;
11-feet 9-5/8 inches high ( rail head to running board )
10-feet 7-1/4inches wide ( between bay window edges)
Weight was about 48,600 Ibs

 

Contributions welcome and credited.

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.

 

 

This archive was first accessed August 1996