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N5B Cabooses
The N5B class was built by the PRR in 1941. 183 cars made it onto Conrail, assigned slots CR 19103-06 and CR 22796-22996. Some cars were renumbered into CR 20001-20076 by the late 1970s.
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Former PC 22799/PC 19004/PRR 477581 seen stored at Reading, PA on 12/26/1986, likely awaiting the scrappers' torch.
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Conrail class N5B caboose is seen at Morrisville, PA behind Amtrak SW1 738 at Morrisville, PA in 1984. CR 20031 ex PC 22914/PRR 477722.
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CR N5B cabin 20040 on B&M train MERU at Greenfield, MA. on June 23, 1984. CR 20040 ex CR 22929/PC 22929/PRR 477638.
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CR 20046 (ex CR 22943/PC 22943/PRR 477647) on the rear of an eastbound at Harrisburg, PA on 11/1/80.
Also a neat partial shot of CR 260097 ex-EL 50' boxcar.
Also a neat partial shot of CR 260097 ex-EL 50' boxcar.
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Conrail class N5B caboose 20066 is seen at Morrisville, PA in 1981. CR 20066 ex PC 22990/PC 19096/PRR 477153.
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Conrail class N5B caboose 20066 is seen at Morrisville, PA in 1981. CR 20066 ex PC 22990/PC 19096/PRR 477153.
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Conrail class N5B caboose 22836 is seen at the end of a caboose deadline in Rutherford, PA in 1983.
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CR 22836 has seen much better days before she was moved to the Rutherford deadlines in 1983.
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Torched N-5B cabin CR 22836 sitting in the yard at Rutherford, PA on 3/23/1986. Former PC 22836/PRR 477648.
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RDG SW1500 2770 (CR 9620) works Abrams yard sandwiched between ex-PC N5B 22841 and RDG N4 92887 (CR 18752) cabooses.
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RDG SW1500 2770 (CR 9620) works Abrams yard sandwiched between ex-PC N5B 22841 and RDG N4 92887 (CR 18752) cabooses.
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Conrail class N5B caboose 22856 is seen at Conway Yard in 1983, shot from inside the yard tower.
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Helper duo CR SD-45 6203 (ex-PC) and 1979-built SD-40-2 6494 push hard on N-5B class cabin CR 22888 (ex-PRR 477767) as they head up the Curve in August, 1981.
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A pair of CR cabooses at Conway included N5B 22892 (ex-PRR 477786) in August, 1977.
A three-unit engine move behind included CR blue GP38 7832, leased CNW GP35 826, and SD45 6078 (ex-EL 3613).
The two autoracks loaded with new Ford Pinto's on the next track give historical perspective.
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N5B cabin car 22894 on the rear of a westbound empty UBO coal train departing East Deerfield yard on Oct. 22, 1982.
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Former PC 22909/PRR 477621 in storage at Rutherford, PA on 6/5/1983, having been bad-ordered about a month before. The former # in the top corner reads "PR 477621".
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Conrail Class N5B caboose 22925 brings up the markers on an eastbound TV train at Duncannon, PA in 1981.
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Conrail SW9 9125 is seen passing class N5B cabin car 22936 at the old Mount Union, PA freight station in 1979.
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