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Boston, Hoosac Tunnel & Western Railway Freight Cars - Summary

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Index

• Some General Notes
• Boxcars
• Gondolas
• Flat Cars
• Stock Cars
• "Line" cars
• General Info
• Notes/discussion/TODO about this web page
• Revision History of this page

Some General Notes

• This note exists in the ORER entries for the BHT&W (1885-06 to ?)

  Roads west of the junctions of the DL&W Ry, NY,WS&B Ry, and NY, LE & W Ry should load in line service east immediately, and, when p ossible, by the same route they came to their roads. If they cannot be loaded immediately, report them for loading to the agents of the Erie, Lackawanna, or West Shore Fast Freight Lines

  [DL&W Ry and Lackawanna last listed 1885-09]
  ["NY,WS&B Ry" to "West Shore" in 1886-05]
• As does this note (1885-06 to 1886-12)

  All cars owned by this company may be loaded for any fast freight line that operates over this railway, viz: Great Western Dispatch, West Shore, Hoosac Tunnel, Lackawanna, Globe, and South Shore lines, Erie & North Shore Despatch, Commercial Express, and Traders Despatch.

  [Lackawanna last listed 1885-09]
  [Erie Despatch added 1886-11]

  this changed to (1887-01 to 1887-09)

  All cars owned by this company may be loaded for any fast freight line that operates over this railway, viz: West Shore, Hoosac Tunnel, and Globe lines, Commercial Express, Erie Despatch, Traders Despatch, Lehigh Valley & Boston Despatch and Philadelphia & Boston Despatch.

  [Nickle Plate line added 1887-004]
• As of 1887-10, the B.H.T&W cars are listed under the Fitchburg RR

Boxcars

Gondolas

Flat Cars

Stock Cars

"Line" cars

See main listing "Line" cars section

General Info

Notes/discussion/TODO about this web page

Revision History