Conrail Caboose Photo Archive
The N4, N4A and N4B classes
former Reading and CNJ
N4 18705-18763 (Ex Reading 92834-92878 and 92881-92928)

Conrail inherited the Reading class NMj (built 1936), the NMk (built in 1937), the NMl class (built in 1941)
and the NMo class (built in 1944), and the NMp class (built in 1948).

The ex Reading cabooses were 30' 4-13/16" long between end sills; 9' 6.5" wide between platform step edges;
and 13-feet, 8-1/2-inches high from rail head to cupola roof. Average weight was around 46,000 lbs.
for early all steel vans and
40,000 Lbs. for the final batch of 21 NMP's of 1948.

Thanks to John W Hall for some info corrections

 N4

 LOCATION

DATE

PHOTO BY
 Dewitt Yard
 July 2, 1979
 Jim Hebner
 Mansfield OH
out of service but on CR rail
 March 9, 1997
 Jim Hebner
 Catawissa PA
ex-Reading 92837
as Walt received it
 1996
 Walt Gosciminski
 Catawissa PA
restored to Reading 92837
 1996
 Walt Gosciminski
 Dewitt Yard
 July 2, 1979
 Jim Hebner
 
 Sharon PA
Ferrona Yard
March 7, 1985
 Chip Syme
 
 Rutherford PA
Oct 19, 1984
 Chip Syme
 Lewisburg PA
ex RDG 92897 part of a display at a dinner train.
Visit Arnie Morscher's Railroad Photo Site
 May 14, 1989
 Arnold H Morscher
 Lewisburg PA
incorrectly painted Reading 92827
Jim Hebner 
 
 Lewisburg PA
incorrectly painted Reading 92837
Walt Gosciminski has the real 92837
Jim Hebner  
 
 Lewisburg PA
the other side
anyone know the real Conrail number?
Jim Hebner   
Oswego NY
Oswego Yard
Jim Hebner  
 Baltimore MD
former Reading 92911
 Feb 20, 1983
 Roger Huber
from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
 Ridgefield NJ
preserved as Reading 92887 by
United Railroad Historical Society
of New Jersey
 Nov 30, 1997
  Jeff Lubchansky
18754
 Clearfield PA
Aug 16, 1984
 Chip Syme
 
 Stillwater OH
as it appeared in 1997
Built 1941 - rebuilt/restored to
current look 1983
Anyone know the real Conrail number?
 Sept 1997
 Jim Hebner
 

MOVED! east of I-71 and State Rt 97 in Ohio 

Looks like it will be returned to a section of display rail and a baggage car as well
Anyone know the real Conrail number?

 Nov 26 2006
  Jim Hebner
 Did not join Conrail - now restored to Reading 92832 by the Reading Railroad Museum at the Leesport PA yard
 Charlie Murphy

  BRW
200		  Ringos NJ
ex Reading class NMd
built in 1924
never was a Conrail caboose		    Jeff Lubchansky

N4A 18800-18859
(former Reading 94002-94049 and 94050-94074).

 

 

Number

 Location & Information

Date

Photo Credit
 Dewitt Yard
 July 2, 1979
 Jim Hebner
  18816  Charlotte NY    Jim Hebner
  18816   Charlotte NY
another view on the same day		     Jim Hebner
  18822  Baltimore MD
former Reading 94048		 Feb 20, 1983  Roger Huber
from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
   18826  Rutherford PA Oct 19, 1984  Chip Syme
   18836  Canton OH
WYMA 1-2		  Feb 18, 1987   Chip Syme
  18836  Nelsonville OH    
  18836  Nelsonville OH  April 4, 1993  Roger Kirkpatrick
  18838   Buffalo Ny
Seneca Yard		 Sept 9, 1988   Chip Syme
18848  Jim Thorp PA  July 16, 1994  David Schnell
Mike Farrell collection
18852  Catawissa PA ex Reading 94054 as
Walt Gosciminski received it 		 1996  Walt Gosciminski
 18852

 Catawissa PA
ex Reading 94054 under restoration
he has 13 Conrail cabooses

 1996  Walt Gosciminsk
 18857  Leesport PA   July 15, 1994  David Schnell
Mike Farrell collection
18827  Before renumbering!    Roger Kirkpatrick
         
         
       

 

N4B Conrail #18860-18890

Conrail's N4B cabooses from the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey. The CNJ built 50 all-steel cupola style in 1942; (CNJ #91500-91549).

Thirty eight made it to the Conrail , seven are known to be preserved.

In the early 1950's the window behind the coal stove on each unit had a metal plate welded in it's\place . In 1970's, wire mesh screening was placed on all the lower carbody windows.

The CNJ caboose were based on the Reading Company's basic design of the mid-1920's. This styling also showed up on Western Maryland, Lehigh & New England, and Lehigh Valley cabooses. Generally referred to as the "Northeast" style.
The Reading provided subassemblies for the CNJ cars.

32 feet 6 inches long
9 feet 3 inches wide
13 feet 6 inches high

  Number
Location & Information

 Date Photo Credit
18863  Ridgefield NJ - former CNJ 91544
preserved by
United Railroad Historical Society
of New Jersey		  Dec 7, 1997  Jeff Lubchansky
18868  unknown  pre October 1981  Frank A Czubryt Jr
18870  Whippany NJ
preserved at the
Whippany Railway Museum
restored to CNJ 91529		  Sept 1996  Jeff Lubchansky
18870  Whippany NJ
restored to CNJ 91529
the other side		  Dec 14, 1997  Jeff Lubchansky
  18873  New London OH
Restored as CNJ 91539		  March 10, 1997  Jim Hebner
18876  photographed before Conrail
CNJ 91509		  ??  from the
collection of
Albert Phleep
18879  Enola PA
Enola Yard		  early 1980's  Tom Wolfgang
CNJ
91507		  Jim Thorpe PA  July 16, 1994   David Schnell
Mike Farrell collection
         
  18886

The only L&NE caboose on the roster
former L&NE 580 that went to CNJ
when L&NE folded

 

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 the N5 class  
 the N5A, N5E, N5F classes  the N6A Transfer Class ex NYC/PC
 the N5B class  the N9 & N9E Transfer Class
 the N5C class  the N11 & N11E Transfer Class
 the N5G class ex PC/LV  
 the N5H class  the N10 class ex Penn Central
 the N5K class ex ATSF/PC  the N12 class ex Penn Central
   the ex New Haven classes NE-6, N8A, N8B
 the N7, N7A & N7C classes ex NYC  the N20 class ex Reading
 the N7B class ex NYC  the N21 classes The true Conrail Caboose
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