Baggage-RPO Combines Coach Dome Diners Business Milk

Delaware and Hudson Railroad
"Passenger Car Roster"

Passenger Images Notes

Baggage-RPO
{Slow Loading}

10
bulletNo. 51-53, 401-499, Unknown (Yr-1884) {Baggage}
bulletNo. 56, 701-722, 75x {RPO & Postal}
Combines 2
bulletNo. 101-103, 105-112, 5xx
Coach
{Slow Loading}
Wood
2
bulletNo. 21-25, 31-34
bulletNo. 201-299, {Also:  3xx, 1xx, 11, 12, 13}
bulletNo. 1001, 1010, 1012, 1014, 1021
bulletNo. 1549, 2183
Steel
8
Dome 4
bulletLeased:  35, 36, 9561, 9562
Diners 5
bulletNo. 41-43, 151-154, 161-162 (Parlor-Cafe), 60x
Business / Pay 8
bulletNo. 100, 200, 300, 400, & 500 {Business}
bulletNo. 50, 500, 650-652 {Pay}
Milk 1
bulletNo. 802-861 ACF 35' 5" 1901/3
bulletNo. 800-847 (Specific BLHS Information)
bullet800,801,824,825
By 1946 only 4 cars remained on the roster. The lower pair were built in 1898 while the higher pair were 1905 and 1906.  828 was rebuilt in 1927 while the other three were finished in 1930. All were 53' 7 ½" in overall length. All rode on Commonwealth express reefer trucks.
bullet802,804,829,831
All were built by the D&H, the first two in 1900 as 462 and 464. The last pair were products of 1906. The car diagram indicates the presence of 6 vents on each side running the length of the car at about floor height. All were listed as rebuilt in 1911.
Express / Horse Wanted
bulletNo. 950-951, 953-955 D&H 60' 9" 12 Stalls
 
bulletAbbreviations Used within this section
Abbr. Full Name

C

Wood, Truss-Rod or Steel Construction
ACF American Car & Foundry Company
B&S Barney & Smith
B&A Boston & Albany
DRGW Denver & Rio Grande Western
EL Erie Limited
GCW Gilbert Car Works
HI Hoover Industries, Miami FL
OB Osgood-Bradley
PS Pullman Standard
SSC Standard Steel Car Company
WMC Wasson Manufacturing Company
bulletPassenger Information via Bridge Line Historical Society (http://www.bridge-line.org )
bulletAdditional Information:  "D&H Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipments" {Book}
bulletAdditional Information:  "Delaware and Hudson - In Color, Volume 1" {Book}
bulletAdditional Information:  "Equipment of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad, Volume 1" {Book}
bulletAdditional Information:  "Freight, Passenger and Work Equipment Development" {Book}
bulletAdditional Information:  "Delaware & Hudson Passenger Trains - The Final Decade" {Book}
 
Created:
January 22, 2000
Last Updated:
December 26, 2006
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