Long Island Rail Road - ex-NYO&W Caboose Roster
Compiled by Dave Keller


NYO&W #8360 Artist: George Wybenga 5/2009 

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
Note: Build date on paint scheme should be 1916
 

ex-NYO&W #8304 Photo: Russell McConnell
Archive: Ken Hojnacki


#70Archive: Dan Crossman

Ex-NYO&W caboose #8304 (became LIRR #70) in storage yard - Richmond Hill, NY – 11/4/1957

 


NYO&W #8304  Photo: Bill Rugen
Archive: Dave Keller

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


LIRR #70 11/15/1959 Archive: Art Huneke

 

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ex-NYO&W #8304 LIRR #70  5/29/1962 Photo: Bill Rugen  Archive: Art Huneke
71 NYO&W 8308 1916 O&W WD 3/57 1960

Cupola top Scrapped at Holban Yard Hollis  - 6/1963

#71 burned in a fire in 1960 along with
ex-NYO&W #8360 LIRR #74 


#71 1960 LI City Photo: Ken Martin
Archive: NYO&W THS


NYO&W #8308
Photo: NYO&W THS
72 NYO&W 8306 1916 O&W WD 3/57 4/63

Cupola top Burned at LI City, NY 4/63 and scrapped

#72 Glen Cove 1958


6/1958 Glen Cove 
photo: Ed Conklin O&W THS
             


#72 Holban Yard ex-NYO&W #8306 1963
Archive: Dan Crossman  


#72 Archive: Dan Crossman
73 NYO&W 8301 1916 O&W WD 3/57 4/63

1945 the NYO&W strengthened the frames of the
#8301-8310 series


Rebuilt NYO&W #8301 c.1945
Cupola top Sold: 4/1963 to Empire State Railway Museum Middletown, NY

 
6/1963 Hollis - Photo: NYO&W THS

 

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#73 Holban Yard ex-NYO&W #8301 prior to 4/1963
Photo/Archive:  Art Huneke


Restoration back to NYO&W #8301 Empire State Railway Museum – Middletown, NY Photo: c.2000
74 NYO&W 8360 1936 O&W WD 3/57 1960

Reworked/upgraded by Morris Park Shops and the body side was stenciled to this effect with the date 4/18/1958

#74 Archive: Dan Crossman


NYO&W 5/2009 
Artist: George Wybenga

Burned with #71 – 1960 Rebuilt: Morris Park Shops 8/1962 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 

 


C-80 Holban Yard, Hollis 1963
NYO&W THS


C-80 Hicksville 10/1972
Photo: Ed Conklin NYO&W THS


C-80 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 NYO&W trucks were offered at no charge to the Phillipsburg RR Historians. Info: Paul Strubeck
Thanks to Jeff Sumberg for providing historical background information.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                06/19/2025