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The New York Museum Of Transportation





The Rail Equipment Roster

All cars listed are standard gauge electric trolley cars except as noted.
All equipment is located at NYMT

Abbreviations used:
SE - single end          DR - deck roof  
 DE - double end        RR - railroad roof
 ST - single truck        AR - arch roof    
   DT - double truck      T - tank                


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8 DE DT wood caboose (Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, 1914); ex-DL&W 614 (to ca. 1930) and ex-Genesee & Wyoming RR thereafter; complete and operational; undergoing roof and window repairs; displayed outside near the car house.
Caboose 8
21 DE 4-wheel wood hand powered track car from the Grasse River Railway in the Adirondacks (unknown builder, ca 1900; rebuilt ca 1984). The unit is almost complete - the brake rigging is missing. It is on display in the car house.
Hand Car 21
33 DE ST AR wood semi-convertable city car (Kuhlman, 1911); ex-Warren St.Rwy (1911-1924) and ex-Batavia Traction Co. (1924-1927); unrestored car body with no trucks, equipment or platforms; displayed in car house
Trolley Car 33
34 DE ST AR wood snow plow (Brill, 1905); ex-Hornellsville Electric Rwy. (1905-1910) and ex-Hornell Traction Co. (1910-1926); unrestored car body with no trucks or equipment; stored outside car house under tarp.
Wood Snow Plow 34
47 0-4-0T steam locomotive (Alco-Cooke, 1920); ex-Solvay Process Co; cosmetically restored; displayed in car house
Locomotive 47
107 DE DT RR wood interurban car (Jewett, 1911); ex-Elmira, Corning & Waverly Rwy. (1911-1930); mostly complete, but partially disassembled; car body displayed on original trucks in car house.
Trolley Car 107
157 SE DT AR steel interurban car (Niles, 1914); ex-New York State Railways, Rochester & Eastern Line (1914-1930); car body on 5' 2¼" gauge 27-MCB-3X trucks; standard gauge Baldwin trucks in storage at NYMT for car; partially restored; displayed in car house.
Trolley Car 157
161
168
DE DT AR steel interurban cars (built by Brill, 161 in 1927 and 168 in 1929) ex-Philadelphia & Western RR, ex-Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Co. and ex-Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (1927-1990); ex-Keokuk Jct. Rwy. (1990s); brought to NYMT in 1996; 161 is in NYMT shop for roof and window repairs, 168 is operational and is displayed outside near the car house.
Trolley Cars 161 and 168
162 DE ST AR wood city car (Stephenson, 1891); ex-Rochester Railway Co (1891-1909); converted to a work car in the early 1900s; ex-New York State Railways, Rochester Lines (1909-1938) and ex-Rochester Transit Corp (1938-1941), last nod. 0243; carbody and McGuire Cummings Columbian truck disassembled, car frame reconstructed; all components present; displayed in car house.
Trolley Car 162
409 SE DT AR wood interurban motorized trailer (St. Louis, 1919); ex-Northern Texas Traction Co. (1919-1934); restored car body with replacement trucks in storage at NYMT; carbody displayed in car house.
Trolley Car 409
437 SE (originally DE) DT DR wood semi-convertable city car (Kuhlman, 1904); ex-Rochester Railway Co. (1904-1909) and ex-New York State Railways, Rochester Lines (1909-1936); unrestored car body; stored under tarp outside near car house.
Trolley Car 437
01 Four-wheel gasoline rail grinder trailer (Fairbanks-Morse, 1960); ex-Genesee & Wyoming RR; complete and operational; in work service on museum railroad.
Rail Grinder 437
02 Four-wheel weed sprayer (rebuilt by NYMT from work flat trailer car, 1986); complete and operational; in work service on museum railroad.
Weed Sprayer
03 Four-wheel reel car (rebuilt by NYMT from work flat trailer car, 2000); complete and operational; in service on museum railroad.
Reel Car
C-130 DE DT AR wood snow sweeper (Brill, 1923 as snow plow E-217; rebuilt by Brill in 1925 as snow sweeper); ex-Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co./Philadelphia Transportation Co./Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (to 1974); trucks re-gauged from 5' 2¼" to standard gauge at NYMT ca. 1976; complete and nearly operational; displayed in car house.
C-130 Sweeper
L-2 0-4-0 gasoline locomotive (Plymouth, 1937); ex-New York State Railways, Rochester Railways (1937-1938) and ex-Rochester Transit Corp. (1938-1958); disassembled and partially restored; stored in car house.
Locomotive L2
L-3 0-4-0 diesel model 9TM trackmobile (Whiting, ca 1975); ex-Rochester Products (ca. 1975 to ca 1990); complete and operational; in work service on museum railroad.
Trackmobile
TC-1 4 wheel gasoline track car (Fairmont, 1945); complete and operational; in regular passenger service on museum railroad with unnumbered passenger trailer car.
Track Car
No # 4 wheel gasoline "Casey Jones" track car (Northwest 1927); ex-New York State Railways, Rochester Lines (1927-1938) and ex-Rochester Transit Corp. (1938-1958); used in Rochester subway service; recently restored and operational; operated occasionally on museum railroad and routinely stored in car house.
Casey Jones
No # 4 wheel gasoline track car (Fairmont, 1940s); complete but unrestored; in storage in NYMT car house
Track Car
No # 4 wheel passenger trailer car (rebuilt by NYMT from work flat trailer car ca. 1980); complete and operational; in regular passenger service on the museum railroad with TC-1.
Trailer Car



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