Long Island Rail Road 
Caboose Roster
 


LIRR #38 at Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck, Center Moriches, NY Artist: George L. Wybenga

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LIRR #2 N-5B Garden City 06/1999 Photo: Steven Lynch Archive: Dave Keller
Compiled by: Dave Keller (IRCC = Int’l Railway. Car Co.)
(PSC = Pressed Steel Car Co.)
(ACF = American Car & Foundry)
Road #:

Class:

 Builder/Date:

Type:

    

          

 Remarks:

In 1914, PRR shops at Altoona built 'the world's first all steel eight-wheel caboose which would become class N5 Research: Bob Kaelin
1 N5 PRR 4/1916
Ex-PRR #477039
Acquired:  1928

Steel

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 LIRR #1 East Willston c.1960's 
Photo: Steve Hoskins

Cupola top – Retired: 1975 – Under restoration by Twin Forks Chapter, NRHS – Hicksville, NY

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Paul Strubeck photo
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LIRR #1 Morris Park Yard View NE 5/15/1956 (Rugen-Huneke)

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LIRR #1 1976

2 N5 PRR 6/1916
Ex-PRR #477604
Acquired: 1928  

Steel

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 Lirr #2 at Hillside c.1960's
Photo: Steve Hoskins  		Cupola top – Now owned and restored by Friends of Locomotive 35 – Oyster Bay, NY

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W2 Morris Park c. 1988-89
Photo: Bobby Kasza

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LIRR #2 in storage at Garden City
Roger Hahn photo 

ACF built a final batch of five N52A in February 1927. These were numbered 10 thru 15 with the exception of number 13, as that was still on the last surviving four-wheeler that wasn't taken out of service until later that year. This number 13 was never reassigned, either. Research: Bob Kaelin
10 N52A ACF 2/1927 Wood


#10 Babylon 1948
Photo: Elmer Seifts Archive: RMLI

 Cupola top
11 N52A ACF 2/1927 Wood

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Holban Yard, Hollis 06/24/56

 Cupola top

REMEMBRANCES of LIRR CLASS N52 CABIN CARS   by Bob Kaelin

HISTORY OF THE LIRR CLASS N52 CABIN CARS
by Bob Kaelin
12 N52A ACF 2/1927 Wood

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C12 Morris Park Yard 6/04/56 (Rugen-Huneke)

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 Shoreline Trolley Museum in Branford, CT 03/04/1998

 Cupola top: Now owned and restored by Friends of Locomotive 35 – Oyster Bay, NY  5/03 
  

Oyster Bay, NY 11/29/2003
Photo: Dave Morrison

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OBRM Oyster Bay, NY 01/08/2008
Photo: Dave MorrisonOBRM06062010RichGlueck.jpg (91077 bytes)
OBRM /06/2010 
Photo: Rich Glueck
13 Bobber Wood

lirr13_Speonk-Frt-in-Patchogue-Team-Yard-1915.jpg (723582 bytes)
Ron Ziel's The Long Island Rail Road in Early Photographs, Dover Publications, New York, 1990

Cupola top 
4-wheeled “Bobber”

Raymond Robinson, Sr., LIRR freight conductor (with mustache) sitting on rear platform of hack. Info: Dave Keller

LIRR Bobber Caboose list:
LIRR Caboose Report 1916 to ICC

 

14 N52A ACF 2/1927 Wood lirrcab14.jpg (195591 bytes)

C14_1985.jpg (109779 bytes)

Cupola top: Now owned and restored by Railroad Museum of  L.I. - Greenport, NY

 

 


C14 Photo: 1985 Valley Railroad, Essex, CT. At that time #14 was owned by a Mr. and Mrs. Sefert. RMLI purchased the caboose and moved it to Greenport, restored it to its 1940's livery and dedicating it on 9/21/2002.
 

 


Photo: Joseph A. Tischner 11/03

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RMLI Dedication Ceremony  Photo/Collection: Donald Fisher 
15 N52A ACF 2/1927 Wood
#15 Brooklyn 1951 Photo: NJ Industrial Photographers Archive: RMC


#15 Patchogue yard 2/18/1962
Photo: Alfred R. Jaeger, Jr. Archive: Dave Keller

Pressed Steel Car Company (PSC) built 15 N52A in 1925 and these were given the numbers 16 thru 33 with missing numbers 17, 26 and 32 which were still assigned to three of the remaining four-wheelers still in use. Research: Bob Kaelin
16 N52A PSC 1925 Wood Cupola top
17  Bobber Wood Cupola top - 4-wheeled “Bobber”
18 N52A PSC 1925 Wood

Caboose 18, 45 S2-460-Holban Yd- 7-5-54.jpg (153728 bytes)
Holban Yard, C18,C45
Alco S2 #460 07-05-54

 Cupola top 
Collection: Dave Keller
19 N52A PSC 1925 Wood

Caboose-19-Wreck-Farmingdale-8-23-43-a.jpg (221035 bytes)

Cupola top  
Wrecked at Farmingdale 8/23/43
Archive: Dave Keller		 Caboose-19-Wreck-Farmingdale-8-23-43-b.jpg (183746 bytes)
20 N52A PSC 1925 Wood

Caboose-20-Holban Yd-Hollis-c. 1954.jpg (33366 bytes)
Holban Yard., Hollis c.1954

 Cupola top
“Keystone,” Summer 1987 LIRR Caboose roster by Bob Kaelin, the #22 is shown as sold, moved to Manorville June 1957, and then scrapped.
21 N52A PSC 1925 Wood Cupola top
22 N52A PSC 1925 Wood

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Kings Park Photo: Ernie Lanser

 Cupola top
Collection: Kings Park Museum
23 N52A PSC 1925 Wood Cupola top
24 N52A PSC 1925 Wood Cupola top
25 N52A PSC 1925 Wood

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Holban Yard, C29 C25
07/17/1934 

 Cupola top
Collection: Dave Keller
26   Bobber Cupola top - 4-wheeled “Bobber”
27 N52A PSC 1925 Wood lirr27_4-12-56.jpg (86518 bytes)
4/12/1956		 Cupola top
28 N52A PSC 1925 Wood

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Holban Yard 6/20/58 (Rugen-Huneke)

C28 c.1960sDanMyers.jpg (76165 bytes)
Photo: Dan Myers c. 1960's 

The caboose was brought to Middletown as one of the first elements of the Empire State Ry museum in the early 60's. The body of  the caboose was burned in the 70's.
29 N52A PSC 1925 Wood

Caboose-29-Holban Yd-Hollis-6-24-56.jpg (71072 bytes)
Holban Yard, Hollis 06/24/56
Archive: Dave Keller

Caboose 29, 25-Holban Yd- 7-17-34.jpg (69647 bytes)
Holban Yard, C29 07/17/1934
Photo: George Votava Archive:: Dave Keller

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C29 Holban-Yard 7/20/58 (Rugen-Huneke)

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 Cupola top: Stored at Seashore Trolley Museum Kennebunkport, Maine Photo: Richard Glueck 07/2005

 
30 N52A PSC 1925 Wood

Caboose30-OyBay-1940.jpg (43050 bytes)
T. Sommer photo

 Cupola top 
31 N52A PSC 1925 Wood


Oyster Bay 3/12/51 Photo: Al Jaeger Collection: Craig Zeni

 Cupola top
32 Bobber Wood Cupola top - 4-wheeled “Bobber”

Replacement of the four-wheelers on the LIRR began in 1916 with the construction of numbers 33 thru 35 which were steel underframe, eight-wheel cars patterned after the N5 in dimensions and layout except that they were of "composite" construction (having an iron-reinforced wooden superstructure) and were designated as sub-class "N52." Three more of these (numbers 36 thru 38) were built the following year. These six were all built in the LIRR's own shops. Research: Bob Kaelin
33 N52  LIRR Shops 1916 WD Cupola top
34 N52  LIRR Shops 1916 WD


#34 N-52A (re-classed) N52 diagram  6/06/1916 by Walter Olevsky RMC 3/1970

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Washington St., Garden City 07/28/1953
Photo: George E. Votava

 Cupola top Rebuilt 1959 at Morris Park Shops, No bay window, cupola removed Archive: Dave Keller

Cabooses 34-50-Holban Yd-4-10-60.jpg (67239 bytes)
#34-50-Holban Yard 4/10/1960

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#34 Holban Yard 5/27/1962
35 N52  LIRR Shops 1916 Wood Cupola top
36 N52 LIRR Shops 1917 Wood Cupola top  Hicksville 1954
Collection:  Art Huneke
37 N52 LIRR Shops 1917 Wood Cupola top
38 N52 LIRR Shops 1917 Wood


C38 East Moriches 1963

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LIRR #38 modified cupola Holban Yard 4/14/1963 (Rugen-Huneke)

Caboose 38-Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck-Center Moriches-4-72.jpg (186749 bytes)
Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck
Center Moriches 04/72
Archive: Dave Keller

lirr38CampPa-Qua-Tuck.jpg (223759 bytes)
Purchased from the LIRR for $100 by Ray Robinson. Currently at: Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck, 2 Chet Swezey Rd. Center Moriches, NY 11934


LIRR Caboose Class N52A 1922 Diagram built by ACF #39-48  6/1922-7/1922
Source: Cabin Cars of the Pennsylvania and Long Island Railroads - Caboose Data Book No. 2  N.J. International, Inc.


N52A interior layout diagram - "B" end to the right  Info: Gary Farkash Drawing: Steven Lynch

 

In the early 1920s, the LIRR started to purchase more of these cars from outside manufacturers. These were almost identical except for variations in the underframe and endsills and became class N52A. The first group was a batch of ten built by American Car & Foundry (ACF) in 1922 and these were numbered 39 thru 48. Research: Bob Kaelin
39 N52A 6/1922 Wood cab39.jpg (55067 bytes) Cupola top C39.jpeg (30480 bytes)
41 N52A 6/1922 Wood Caboose #41 in Blake Ave. Yard, N. of New Lots Ave. on the Bay Ridge Branch. View E. Platform at right background is the New Lots Station of the BMT's Canarsie Line - c. 1948
Info/Archive: Dave Keller
42 N52A 6/1922 Wood Caboose-N22-42-SunnysideYd-LIC-2-48.jpg (66879 bytes) In the snow at Sunnyside Yard, LI City in 02/1948 1948. Info: Dave Keller
43 N52A 6/1922 Wood

LIRR-N52aCaboose43-Greenport-10-5-58(Rugen).jpg (77022 bytes)
Freight platform – Greenport, NY – 10/5/58
Bill Rugen photo, Dave Keller archive

 Cupola top
44 N52A 7/1922 Wood

C44_H10s107Frt-MtOlivet-c1937.jpeg (74568 bytes)
Photo: John Reschke
Collection: Dave Keller

 Cupola top  
45 N52A 7/1922 Wood

Caboose 45-Holban Yard-c. 1948 (Keller).jpg (89398 bytes)
Holban Yard #45 c.1948

Cupola top
Collection: Dave Keller

Caboose 18, 45 S2-460-Holban Yd- 7-5-54.jpg (153728 bytes)
Holban Yard, C18,C45
Alco S2 #460 07-05-54

46 N52A 7/1922 Wood

Caboose-46-DeerPk-1957a.jpg (45011 bytes)
 Deer Park 1957 - J. P. Krzenski photo

 Cupola top

 

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West Hampton 03/31/2003
Photo: George Wybenga
47 N52A 7/1922 Wood Cupola top
48 N52A 7/1922 Wood Cupola Top.  Wrecked at Glen Cove: 1942 (Robt. Emery data) and scrapped. Number reassigned.
48 NX23A 8/1913 Wood

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NX23A  #48

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NX23A BLT  8-13 stencil


NX23A #48 LI City c.1948 Archive: Dave Keller

 Bay window: external frame, end platforms. Arrived from the PRR in 1947.

Photo was taken along the Main Line near Woodside c.1948 Info: Dave Keller
Third overpass east of Woodside station, which is 65th Place Info: Albert Waltien



NX23A  #48 at Morris Park yard 4/16/1950 (Rugen-Huneke)
Rebuilt from a 8/1913 outside braced boxcar: Info: Art Huneke

 

 

NX23A #48 stencil build date 8/1913 zoom Info: Art Huneke

 

49 NX23A

8/08/13

 Wood

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PRR #478580

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LIRR #492754 Watercolor: George Wybenga

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LIRR #492754
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LI City, Arch Street Yard 1949
Photo: Geo. Arnoux 

Bay window: external frame, end platforms. Arrived from the PRR in 1947. Arrived from the PRR in 1947. ex #492754

PRR built Wartime Emergency Cabin Car Bay window

 
Historical data on this series

NX23 PRR Keystone Article

ex-PRR #492754 LIRR #49 as painted by: George Wybenga. He is noted for watercolor painting of prototypical items.

PRR #492754 Caboose NX23A rebuilt by PRR from external braced framed boxcar. Renumbered LIRR #49 in 1947  Comment: Dave Keller - LIRR Historian

50 N22 IRCC: 5/1958 STL lirr-50_Holban-Yard_6_1_58_Votava-Boland.jpg (80149 bytes)
Holban Yard 6/01/1958 (Votava-Boland)

C50-Richmond Hill.jpg (127172 bytes)
C50 Richmond Hill c.1964+
Photo: Steve Hoskins
 

N22_50_6-99gcity.jpg (62424 bytes)
06/1999 Garden City
Steve Lynch photo
  C50atObay02-08.jpg (72397 bytes)
11751 'MINEOLA' Oyster Bay 02/2008


Oyster Bay 7/11/09 Photo: Steve Rothaug
C50 N22-interior Photo/Archive: OBRM 


"B end view" Oyster Bay 7/11/09 Photo: Steve Rothaug
       

When OBRM was located at Mitchel Field, before our move up to Oyster Bay, we were approached by the Mayor of Mineola with the idea of using our caboose as a part of their celebration of their 150th anniversary of Mineola. They paid to move #50 from MF to the grounds of the Library where it was placed on a piece of track and on display for a little over a year. Then they took care of moving it up to our yard where it is placed on a piece of track that our volunteers built where it has resided since then. We also received the piece of track it was sitting on, so since the crane was already paid for, we had the track placed nearby and moved caboose #12 onto it, freeing up a spot in the north west corner of our yard. 11501 is Mineola zip code which they painted with Mineola on both sides. At one time, we had just painted the North facing side, but left the South side with the zip and town name. OBRM-Gary Farkash       Disposition: Last verified 3/2020 OBRM Oyster Bay, NY.

51 N22 IRCC: 5/1958 STL C51-Richmond Hill.jpg (75409 bytes)
Richmond Hill 
Photo: Steve Hoskins		 No bay window, no cupola top (renumbered C-51)

CAB 51.jpg (86164 bytes)
Garden City
Photo: Steve Torborg
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West Babylon 5/4/05
Photo: Kevin Katta		 lirrC-51WBabylon4-24-05kenkatta.jpg (77799 bytes)
West Babylon 4/24/05
Photo: Kevin Katta		 Stored serviceable in West Babylon Maintainer's yard on the Central Branch about 2 miles west of Babylon on the corner of Henry Ave and Albin Ave. It's still there as of 4/13/10 Info: Kevin Katta

Disposition: Owned and rostered by the LIRR, stored in Babylon Team yard off the Central Branch.  Used by the engineering Dept for storage. 3/2020
 
52 N22 IRCC: 5/1958 STL
Holban Yard 6/01/1958 (Votava-Keller)		 No bay window, no cupola top (renumbered C-52)

(Scrapped 1975) Possibly suffered an interior fire in early 1970s, Spotted in Richmond Hill deadline in 1972, relocated to Corona yards in Flushing for scrapping photos exist from both locations Confirmed (2020)  Joe Vila

C52-Holban.jpg (68062 bytes)
C52 Holban Yard
Photo: Steve Hoskins
53 N22 IRCC: 5/1958 STL C53-Holban.jpg (57824 bytes)

C53.jpg (42953 bytes)
Photo: Mike Koehler c. 1980's

 No bay window, no cupola top (renumbered C-53) Owned by Friends of Locomotive 35 (OBRM) and donated to Lindenhurst Preservation Society Station Museum – Lindenhurst, NY
Last verified: (2020) Joe Vila

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Tom Brady photo
54 N22 IRCC: 5/1958 STL

C54_06-25-61.jpg (45975 bytes)
C54 6/25/1961  Photo: J. Claflin
Archive: Craig Zeni

 No bay window, no cupola top (renumbered C-54)

Stored serviceable in Holban Yard Paul Strubeck

(Scrapped) confirmation needed.
January 12 2019 left LIRR on flat car Frontier Metals in Ohio they were awarded the scrapping contract in 2017 Joe Vila 

C54-Yard A.jpg (84092 bytes)
C54 Yard A  c.1964+ Photo: Steve Hoskins

CAB 54 & 56.jpg (91278 bytes)
Steve Torberg photo
55 N22 IRCC: 5/1958 STL LIRR c55.jpg (125230 bytes) No bay window, no cupola top (renumbered C-55)

Disposition unknown (scrapped) info needed as of 10/2021 Joe Vila
 

56 N22A IRCC: 1961 STL C56-Yard A.jpg (97814 bytes)

forestpark_5-5-72.jpg (81782 bytes)
Forest Park 05/05/1972

li-c56.jpg (58732 bytes)
Steve Torberg photo
Stored serviceable in Holban Yard
Info: Paul Strubeck

1/12/2019 left LIRR on flat car Frontier Metals in Ohio they were awarded the scrapping contract in 2017 saved last minute by the Grey -Briefly renumbered MW-1 and painted in the “coast guard scheme” likely in the 1980s
Granite RR Gladstone Berry, CT. (Verified 2020)
Joe Vila
 

 lirrC56.jpg (102590 bytes)
Chris Allen photo 11/1983

CAB 54 & 56.jpg (91278 bytes)
Steve Torborg photo
57 N22A IRCC: 1961 STL C57-Yard A.jpg (75601 bytes)

C57-Yard A_MTA.jpg (106558 bytes)
No bay window, no cupola top (renumbered C-57)  Preserved in private ownership at the Schiff Boy Scout Reservation in Wading River, NY
Last verified: (2020) Joe Vila

lirrc572.jpg (148411 bytes)
Paul Strubeck photo
58 N22A IRCC: 1961 STL LI58.jpg (43771 bytes) No bay window, no cupola top (renumbered C-58) Now at Tennessee Valley R.R. Museum ITVRM), Chattanooga, TN LIRR58_TVRM.jpg (52770 bytes)

LIR58_BRRR.jpg (24333 bytes)
 Info: Steve Smith, (Blue Ridge Rail Restorations - BRRR) prior to TVRM donation Island Rail Preservation LLC - Mike Koehler

lirr58onthemove.jpg (50978 bytes)
TVRM in Chattanooga, TN at loading Photo: Mike Koehler 1/01/1980

lirr58Hoosier ValleyRRMuseumNorthJudsonINMikeKoehler01-01-80.jpg (51762 bytes)
Preserved in private ownership at the Hoosier Valley RR Museum North Judson, IN Photo: Mike Koehler 1/01/1980
Verified: (2020) Joe Vila
59 N22A IRCC: 1961 STL   lrrC5908-65HillsideRobertBDunnet.jpg (74276 bytes) C-59 after a repaint in 8/65.  It was taken at the Hillside yd. (Holban).  That's the old Ideal Toy Co. factory in the background.  Photo: Robert B. Dunnet, Archive: John Scala

Disposition unknown (scrapped) info needed as of 10/2021 Joe Vila
60 N22A IRCC: 1/61 STL C60-Yard A.jpg (77785 bytes)
No bay window  Renumbered C-60  5/4/'03 Twin Forks Chapter NRHS  Riverhead, NY

C60_Holban-Yard_12-1968.jpg (30952 bytes)
MTA Holban Yard 12/1968

lirrC60KevinGulau.jpg (72759 bytes)
 Hicksville Yard 04/29/84
Photo: Kevin Gulau
C60 (new paint-south side).jpg (57646 bytes)
 Joe Lupinacci photo

C60TwinForks.jpg (59516 bytes)
Paul Strubeck photo 2006
Restoration back to the Dashing Dan scheme  completed in late 2008/early 2009, moved to
 Transit Museum in April 2009.

C-60.jpg (73721 bytes)
Riverhead RMLI, 5/2007 Photo: Paul Strubeck. Preserved TNFK-NRHS, leased to NYCTM since 2007, release renewed in 2019.Last verified: (2020) Joe Vila
61 N22A IRCC: 1961 STL

CAB 61.jpg (94257 bytes)
Renumbered C61
Steve Torberg photo

1992 on the Greenport Fantrip, at Greenport, NY
Stored serviceable in Holban Yard: Paul Strubeck 

1/12/2019 left LIRR on flat car Frontier Metals in Ohio they were awarded the scrapping contract in 2017 saved last minute by the Grey Granite RR Gladstone Berry, CT.  Verified 2020: Joe Vila

C61_1992.jpg (51223 bytes)
John Volpi photo


1980 LIRR Equipment Diagram - Class N22B - Car #C62-#C70 Archive: Mario Craig
 
62 N22B IRCC: 2/05/1963 STL C62-Holban.jpg (49879 bytes) Bay window – Renumbered C-62 – Became NY&A C-62

Location east of Route 110 approx.150'. Photo from end of Republic Station platform

lirrC62_Farmingdale2-16-71PhotoMaywaldArchiveKeller.jpg (88507 bytes)
Farmingdale 02/16/1971 Photo: Henry Maywald Archive: Dave Keller

C62xmascab12-1999GeorgeGreig.jpg (26759 bytes)
Photo: George Greig 12/1999

 One time used as a Christmas car, and the NYA considered using it as an executive car at one point.  nyacab1_ex-lirr62.jpg (70945 bytes)
  LIRRrequiredNYAmannedStoneTrainMaspethYard1997.jpg (74498 bytes) LIRR required NYA to man the Stone Train Photo Location: Maspeth Yard 1997. The the rock train heading out to Prima Asphalt, Holtsville, NY with ore jennies. time were being used for the GROW tunneling project in Maspeth. The rock that was removed to build the tunnel was transported to Prima Asphalt in Holtsville, NY. For most of the first few years of the NYA, this was a unit train that ran weeknights (and sometimes on weekends).
 		 CAB NYAR.jpg (62246 bytes)
Steve Torborg photo
exlirrC62_LIRC105JeffersonvilleIN.jpg (57740 bytes) Ownership transferred to NYAR in May 1997 with the lease of freight service, subleased to Louisville & Indiana RR (LIRC an Anacostia Pacific subsidiary) Date ? LIRC renumbered #105. Last known photo from 2014 (Terry Redeker)  Now Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC) #105 
Photo Location: Jeffersonville, IN


NYA #52 ex-LIRR #62 Fresh Pond 2005 Photo/Archive: SteveTorborg
63  


LIRR N22B C63 diagram Info: Joe Vila -Twin Forks NRHS Diagram: Steven Lynch
 

  
63 N22B IRCC: 2/05/1963 STL
C63 new upon arrival-Holban Yd, Hollis, NY
3/03/63 Archive: Dave Keller  Build date: 2/05/63		 Bay window  Renumbered C-63  5/4/'03 to Twin Forks Chapter NRHS  Riverhead, NY
C63-Holban.jpg (52375 bytes)

C55Smithtown.jpg (52623 bytes)
Mike Koehler photo

C63-Ronkonkoma-9-25-71.jpg (60054 bytes)
09/25/1971 Henry Maywald photo,  Dave Keller Archive
 		C63 (new paint).jpg (72664 bytes)
 Joe Lupinacci photo

C-63.jpg (81098 bytes)
Paul Strubeck photo 5/2007
Riverhead RMLI

Donated to Twin Forks- NRHS 2003, restoration to service began 2019, Stored at LIRR team yard, Riverhead. Joe Vila
64  


LIRR N22B C64 diagram Info: Joe Vila -Twin Forks NRHS Diagram: Steven Lynch
 

  
64 N22B IRCC:  2/05/1963 STL

C64-Hillside.jpg (109828 bytes)
Steve Hoskins photo c. 1960's

C64_Speonk_8-10-63_(Rugen-Huneke).jpg (90527 bytes)
C64 Speonk 8/10/63 (Rugen-Huneke)

LIRR64.jpg (44625 bytes)
03-03-1963 J. Clafin photo 
Craig Zeni collection
lirrC64_FreshPainted-MPShops-06-08-77(Keller).jpg (71917 bytes)
LIRR C64 paint shop at Morris Park Shops after receiving a fresh coat of MTA yellow and blue - June 8, 1977 Archive: Dave Keller

C64 5-4-03 south side.JPG (68681 bytes)
 Joe Lupinacci photo 05/04/03
Renumbered C-64  5/4/03 to 
Twin Forks Chapter NRHS  Riverhead, NY

C64paulstrubeck.jpg (74721 bytes)
Paul Strubeck photo 05-07
Riverhead RMLI

toolcartwinforks09-03-07.jpg (73473 bytes)
 Used as Tool Car Storage 09/03/07

Donated to Twin Forks-NRHS in 2003, Restoration to service began in 2019, Stored at LIRR team yard, Riverhead, NY
Joe Vila
65 N22B IRCC: 2/14/1963 STL C65-Ronkonkoma.jpg (74221 bytes)
 Bay window – Renumbered C-65 – Became NY&A C-65

Ownerships transferred to NYAR in May 1997 with the lease of freight service, restored and remains in service, Renumbered to NYA #52 stored in LIRR/NYAR Fresh Pond yard in Queens, NY -NOTE: not to be confused with N22a class of the same number. Joe Vila

66 N22B IRCC: 2/14/1963 STL C66_Patchogue_ 3-64_Huneke.jpg (89415 bytes)
C66 Patchogue 3/1964 
Archive: Art Huneke

C66-Sayville80.jpg (37548 bytes)
Sayville 3/80 Photo: Steve Lynch

C66_Yard-A_5-1988_JohnVolpi.jpg (138284 bytes)
Yard A 5/1988 Photo: John Volpi
C66-Holban.jpg (102942 bytes)
early 1960's Photo: Steve Hoskins


 

C66morrispark01-22-10.jpg (97363 bytes)
Morris Park 01/22/2010 CAB 66.jpg (87617 bytes)
Garden City Photo: Steve Torberg

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11th track west end of Jamaica platform
3/01/16

C-66 'Railroad Chick Sherri Hine' Holban Yard 10/11/19 Archive: Mike Pedian
       
 Morris Park C66 move 10/16/2021

In service on LIRR, though currently stored serviceable in upper Holban yard. Car was sent out to Blue Ridge Rail restorations in the early 1990s and restored as the “Presidents Car” new seats added, carpets, and returned to as delivered paint.

Repainted by LIRR Freight Dept in 2013 and dedicated to Road Conductor Sherri Hine McKenna, as her Family has had a LIRR employee since the early 1900's. Restoration completed by Blue Ridge Restoration 3/1997. Didn't get refreshed until early 2016 or so, with the dedication added a little later. Still in service earlier this month.  10/2021 Joe Vila
67 N22B IRCC: 2/14/1963 STL lirr67_Sunnyside Yard.jpg (64296 bytes)
LI City -Sunnyside c.1975
C-67 Sunnyside 5/01/1977
Photo/Archive: Tim Darnell


C-67 Sunnyside 3/01/1980
Photo/Archive: Tim Darnell
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Steve Smith photo c. 2000
Update: 2004 RRCX #67  (Radar Railcar Inc.) Roanoke VA. 11/2004

Private ownership. Radar Railcar Inc. last location Roanoke Va. Renumbered RRCX #67. Last photo: :11/2004

10/05/2012 Left Roanoke, VA to George’s Creek Railway, MD. Reporting marks VGNX #67. For sale on GCK Ry. 3/2020. Joe Vila

 
68 N22B IRCC: 2/14/1963 STL C68-Dunton.jpg (70353 bytes)

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Photo: Mike Koehler c.1980's

 Renumbered C-68 and donated to RMLI, Riverhead, NY. Cosmetically restored and used as display on an isolated panel track.

Note: Only caboose known to retain its original windows and was not upgraded with FRA 233 glazing in the 1970's. Last Verified: 2020 Joe Vila

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Rich Gorddard  photo

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 Holban Yard 4/14/63
(Rugen-Huneke)
69 N22B IRCC: 2/14/1963 STL
C69 10/10/1964 Photo/Archive: Joseph P. Saitta

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C69 1/1983 

 

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 Hicksville west of station
10/17/2007
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 Bay window – Renumbered C69
Stored serviceable in Holban Yard
Info: Paul Strubeck 

 

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Empty ballast train
Hicksville west of station
10/17/2007

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Photo: Steve Torberg
       

Currently Stored, LIRR Dunkirk yard, Queens, NY. Used in service until 2016. OOS after a “claimed” discovery of pealing paint containing lead.
Car remains serviceable, but has not been used. It was intended to be used as a shoving platform for work trains. Used on Oyster Bay Branch work trains in 10/2018. I don't recall if it has made any other notable moves since. I last saw it getting cleaned out (lead paint included) for conversion to a "regular" shoving platform for use in work trains early last year, and the old seats, sink, etc. were pulled out by that point.,
Last Verified: 2020 Joe Vila
70 N22B IRCC: 2/14/1963 STL

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C70 c.1964+ Archive: Bill Phillips

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C70 Ronkonkoma NY 01/29/72
 Photo: Henry Maywald

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Mike Koehler photo

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Photo: Harry Hassler

Ownership transferred to NYAR in May 1997 with the lease of freight service. Renumbered C-70. Stored in 65th Street yard, Brooklyn for 5 years, Burned by vandals in 2003(?). Offered to Twin Forks-NRHS, after pillaging before scrapping, as the fire did too much damage to salvage the car. Srapped by Gershow Recycling (Brooklyn) in 2004 Joe Vila
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Special Instruction 1038-J-2 and on ETT 1967: "1160-E Cabin cars numbered 62-70 inclusive and No. 80 are restricted between Dunton and Brook account close side clearance."  Info: Paul Strubeck

Photos: Steve Hoskins unless otherwise noted.

LIRR's Caboose Fleet: 21st Century Status
#1 Twin Forks scrapped c.2015.
#2 owned by OBRM. Scrapped 2018.
#12 Owned by OBRM
#14 Greenport RMLI
#22 Keystone,” Summer 1987 LIRR Caboose roster by Bob Kaelin, the #22 is shown as sold, moved to Manorville June 1957, and then scrapped.
#29, at the Seashore Trolley Museum, in Kennebunkport, MA. To be relocated Spring 2020 to South Portland, MA that already contains 800 feet of former track, still intact, to be restored and used as an Air B&B.
#38 at Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck, Center Moriches, NY verified 3/2020
C-50 OBRM. Last verified: 3/2020
C-51 is buried (behind other cars) in the Babylon team yard. Last verified: 3/2020
C-52 Used by NYA in 2019 on the Positive Train Control (PTC) test train. (Scrapped 1975) Possibly suffered an interior fire in early 1970s, Spotted in Richmond Hill deadline in 1972, relocated to Corona yards in Flushing for scrapping photos exist from both locations Confirmed (2020)
C-53 Owned by Lindenhurst Historical society-Donated by OBRM Last verified: 2020
C-54 Scrapped: confirmation needed. 1/12/2019 left LIRR on flat car Frontier Metals in Ohio they were awarded the scrapping contract in 2017
C-55 Unknown (scrapped) information needed.
C-56 January 12, 2019 left LIRR on flat car Frontier Metals in Ohio they were awarded the scrapping contract in 2017 saved last minute by the Grey -Briefly renumbered MW-1 and painted in the “coast guard scheme” likely in the 1980's Granite RR Gladstone Berry, CT. Verified 2020
C-57 Located at Schiff Scout Reservation in Wading River Last verified: 2020
C-58 Was at TVRM, now at the Hoosier Valley Museum, North Judson, IN Last verified: 2020
C-59 Unknown (scrapped) information needed.
C-60 To Twin Forks and restored orange/black in  late 2008/early 2009, leased to NYC Transit Museum in April 2009 with lease renewed in 2019. Last verified: 2020
C-61 January 12, 2019 left LIRR on flat car Frontier Metals in Ohio they were awarded the scrapping contract in 2017 saved last minute by the Grey Granite RR Gladstone Berry, CT. (Verified 2020)
C-62 Ownership transferred to NYAR in May 1997 with the lease of freight service, subleased to Louisville & Indiana RR (Anacostia Pacific subsidiary, date?). Renumbered on LIRC #105.
C-63 Donated to Twin Forks-NRHS in 2003, restoration to service began in 2019, Stored at LIRR team yard, Riverhead, NY
C-64 Donated to Twin Forks-NRHS in 2003, restoration to service began in 2019, Stored at LIRR team yard, Riverhead, NY
C-65 Ownerships transferred to NYAR in May 1997 with the lease of freight service, restored in service. Renumbered to NYA #52 stored in LIRR/NYAR Fresh Pond yard in Queens, NY -NOTE: not to be confused with N22a class of the same number.
C-66 In service on LIRR, though currently stored serviceable in upper Holban yard. Sent to Blue Ridge Rail restorations in the early 1990s and restored 3/1997 as the “Presidents Car” with new seats added, carpets, and returned to as delivered paint. Repainted by LIRR Freight Dept in 2013 and dedicated to Road Conductor Sherri Hine (McKenna) as her Family has had a LIRR employee since the early 1900's. Used for Retirement Special for Engineer Gene Buckley’s “Final Run” 9/01/2022
C-67 Private ownership. (Radar Railcar Incorporated) Last know location was in Roanoke, VA. Renumbered to RRCX #67. Photo dated 11/2004.  October 5, 2012 - left Roanoke, VA headed for George’s Creek Ry. with reporting marks VGNX 67. Currently in Maryland most recent photo 6/2019.  Verification: for sale on GCK RY. 2020.
C-68 Donated to RMLI, and is currently on their grounds in Riverhead, NY. Cosmetically restored and used as display on isolated panel track. Note: Only caboose known to retain its original windows and was not upgraded with FRA 233 glazing in the 1970's. Last Verified: 2020
C-69 Currently stored in LIRR Dunkirk yard, Queens, NY. Used on Oyster Bay Branch work trains in 10/2018. Out of service after a “claimed” discovery of pealing paint containing lead. Car remains serviceable, but has not been used. It was intended to be used as a shoving platform for work trains. Interior- bunks removed. Walk over seats removed. cold water tank, sink, WC, and lockers still in place. Last Verified: 2020 Note: The only hack to receive reflective striping.
C-70 Ownership transferred to NYAR in May 1997 with the lease of freight service. Stored in 65th Street yard, Brooklyn for 5 years, Burned by vandals around 2003(?). Scrapped by Gershow Recycling, Brooklyn) in 2004. 

Thanks to Joe Vila for the 2020 verifications indicated. Note: The information is subject to change without notice as owners my sell/scrap without ordering or contacting the local preservation groups. 

LIRR's Steel Caboose Fleet: N22 Class Paint Schemes 
LIRR's Steel Caboose Fleet:  Vol.12, No. 3  Twin Forks Chapter  "The Railway Post Office" 

"... As delivered, all of the new hacks were painted in bright safety orange paint, with a black chassis, trucks and lettering, as well as yellow handrails. On the sides were the "Dashing Dan" logo placed above the all capital, block style sans-serif "LONG ISLAND" lettering. [This is the N22x class series delivered 05/1958 - 02/14/63, Units 50-71: Info: Dave Keller]
C56-Yard A.jpg (97814 bytes) C-56 N-22A Yard A Photo: Steve Hoskins

In the 1970's, the colors of the fleet were modernized to correspond with the new Metropolitan Transportation Authority colors, those being blue and yellow.  Hack C-51 was among the first to be repainted, and featured an all yellow car body, blue roof and ends, as well as a large 2 tone light blue/dark blue "M" logo on the end, with small hand drawn numbers in the center.  Hacks C-60 and C-80 received a similar scheme but had blue ends and yellow sides.
C60 (new paint-south side).jpg (57646 bytes) LIRR N22A C-60 Photo: Joe Lupinacci RMLI re-paint

lirr80.jpg (19013 bytes) ex-LIRR C-74 re-numbered C-80 1963 Holban Yard, NY Archive: NYO&W THS

c-80.jpg (26991 bytes) C-80 10/72 Hicksville Photo: Ed Conklin  NYO&W THS 

A more refined paint scheme came about soon after, with a crisper decal appearance, italicized LONG ISLAND along the sides, as well as a smaller "M" logo on the end, which was to be removed from most hacks later on; leaving just the LONG ISLAND lettering. The colors remained the same for the most part with yellow car bodies, blue roofs, steps and doors. C57-Yard A_MTA.jpg (106558 bytes) C-57 N22A Yard A, LI City, Photo: Steve Hoskins

Fast forwarding into current times, most of the hacks that are still owned by the LIRR that have since been repainted back to all orange, but with blue roofs and steps, and only their numbers on the sides. There are some exceptions to this as hack C-51 is all orange with a black roof, and black non-italicized "LONG ISLAND" on the side. C-61 retained its yellow and blue paint, and features a special name plaque in honor of Freight Conductor J. J. Sherman.   

In the early 1990's, N22b C-66 was sent to Blue Ridge Rail Restorations, where it was rebuilt and upgraded with new seats, floors and the like; and was to be used as the "Presidents Car". This car was also painted back into the Dashing Dan scheme...."

The orange and blue hacks were repainted by the LIRR in the late 1990's: Info: Paul Strubeck

51: New LIRR Blue/Orange hack scheme
  CAB 51.jpg (86164 bytes) Photo: Steve Torborg 

54, 56: New LIRR Blue/Orange hack scheme
CAB 54 & 56.jpg (91278 bytes) Photo: Steve Torborg

60: Being restored back to the Dashing Dan scheme
C60TwinForks.jpg (59516 bytes) Photo: Paul Strubeck 2006

69: New LIRR Blue/Orange hack scheme
lirr69_10-17-2007_2.jpg (26271 bytes) C-69 10/16/2007 Hicksville on the spur off of the siding just west of Hicksville station.
 Photo: Ray Muntz 10/16 

Special Thanks to Paul Strubeck for input/photos/and documentation. 10/27/2007