Long Island Rail Road 
Caboose Roster

NYO&W RR

Compiled by Dave Keller


NYO&W #8360 Artist: George Wybenga 05/2009 

EX-NYO&W Caboose lirr Roster

Road #:

Prev Road: Prev. #: Built: Type: Acq: W.F.S: Remarks:
70 NYO&W 8304  1916 O&W WD 3/57 4/63 Cupola top Renumbered  #75 -1962 Sold to WVRR, New Paltz, NY 
Existing: Santa Monica, CA. Build date on paint scheme should be 1916
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Photo: Russell McConnell  Courtesy: Ken Hojnacki

Ex-NYO&W caboose #8304 (became LIRR #70) in storage yard - Richmond Hill, NY – 11/4/57

 

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Bill Rugen photo, Dave Keller archive

Identified by Art Huneke as possibly on the Armour Siding at Jamaica station, behind "HALL" tower, as this hack was known to be laid up there on a regular basis and Art worked "HALL" tower for many years. 
Info: Art Huneke

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LIRR #70 11/15/1959

ex-NYO&W #8304 LIRR #70  5/29/1962 (Rugen-Huneke)

 

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71 NYO&W 8308 1916 O&W WD 3/57 1960

Cupola top Scrapped at Holban Yard Hollis, 
NY – 6/63

LIRR #71 was burned
in a fire in 1960 along 
with O&W 8360 LIRR #74 

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960 LI City Photo: Ken Martin O&W THS

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72 NYO&W 8306 1916 O&W WD 3/57 4/63 Cupola top Burned at LI City, NY 4/63 and scrapped

C72 Glen Cove 1958

 

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6/58 Glen Cove 
photo: Ed Conklin O&W THS
73 NYO&W 8301 1916 O&W WD 3/57 4/63 1945 the O&W strengthened the frames of the 8301-8310 series
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C73 Holban Yard ex-NYOW #8301 prior to 4/1963 
Photo/Archive:  Art Huneke
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Rebuilt 8301 c.1945

 

Cupola top Sold: 4/63 to Empire State Railway Museum – Middletown, NY Existing.
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6/63 Hollis Photo: O&W THS
Restoration back to NYO&W 8301

Empire State Railway Museum – Middletown, NY
Photo: c. 2000
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74 NYO&W 8360 1936 O&W WD 3/57 1960

Cupola top 
Reworked/upgraded by Morris Park Shops and the body side was stenciled to this effect with the date 04/18/58

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NYO&W 05/2009 
Artist: George Wybenga

Burned with #71 – 1960 Rebuilt: Morris Park Shops 08/62 with bay windowed steel body.  Renumbered C-80 Re-classed N-52C Scrapped 1993
75 See #70 Previously #70 (See above)
C-80**  See #74 Repainted in orange and blue and renumbered C-80.
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C-80 at Bliss 1965 ex-NYO&W #8360 
Photo/Archive: Art Huneke 

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C-80** at HALL Tower 1/1973 ex-NYO&W #8360 
Photo/Archive: Art Huneke 

 

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1963 Holban Yard, Hollis NYO&W THS

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10/72 Hicksville
Photo: Ed Conklin NYO&W THS

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4/1980 Photo: Bill Gripp Archive: Dennis Schmidt

** Later repainted in the yellow and blue of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), C-80 still plies the rails of the LIRR (as class N-52C). In 1993 the MTA decided to scrap the caboose body and the O&W trucks were offered at no charge to the Phillipsburg RR Historians. Info: Paul Strubeck

Thanks to Jeff Sumberg for providing historical background information.