Cheshire Railroad Freight Cars - Summary

A complete (?) listing of Cheshire RR freight equipment.
Based on Official Railway Equipment Register data, and other sources.

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Index

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

Some General Notes

Originally listed in the "Freight Equipment" table of Cheshire RR listing
in 1890-12 they were moved into the Fitchburg RR listing, and ALL cars were combined into ONE "line item" in the list
In 1898-02 that one line was removed from the Fitchburg RR listing
Note the Cheshire used "Stream of construction" car numbers, so that all car types are REALLY inter-mixed.
"Last Listed" date is for individual listings, not when the "one line" was removed from Fitchburg list.

Boxcars

Series	Road	Description	# Built	First Listed	Last Listed	Inside Length
Ch 1500-1597	Cheshire	Box (random numbers)	56?	1885-06	1890-11	28' (mostly), one 30'
Ch 1599-1651	Cheshire	Box (random numbers)	39?	1885-06	1890-11	28' (mostly), some 30'
Ch 1656-1700	Cheshire	Box (random numbers)	18?	1885-06	1890-11	28' (all)
Ch 1705-1792	Cheshire	Box (random numbers)	35?	1885-06	1890-11	28' (mostly), some 30'
Ch 1795-1888	Cheshire	Box (random numbers)	35?	1885-06	1890-11	28' (mostly), some 30'
Ch 1907-1932	Cheshire	Box	26?	1885-06	1890-11	28', 30', or 33'
Ch 1524-1650	Cheshire	Hay (random numbers)	19?	1885-06	1890-11	28' or 34'
Ch 1653-1950	Cheshire	Hay (random numbers)	18?	1885-06	1890-11	28', 30', or 34'
Ch 2000-2009	Cheshire	Box	10	1889-05	1890-11	34'

Boxcar photos I can't put in a specific class

Boxcar photos I can't put in a specific class
Date Car #(s) Photo Location Description
Ch 1541, 1721? Keene Public Library Cheshire box cars. Flats possibly Cheshire as well

Flat Cars

Series	Road	Description	# Built	First Listed	Last Listed	Inside Length
Ch 1501-1599	Cheshire	Flat (random numbers)	21?	1885-06	1890-11	28' or 30'
Ch 1600-1699	Cheshire	Flat (random numbers)	32?	1885-06	1890-11	28' or 30'
Ch 1700-1799	Cheshire	Flat (random numbers)	45?	1885-06	1890-11	28' or 30'
Ch 1800-1899	Cheshire	Flat (random numbers)	38?	1885-06	1890-11	28' or 30'
Ch 1933-1963	Cheshire	Flat	31?	1885-06	1890-11	30'
Ch 1529-1800	Cheshire	Flat, wood (random numbers)	6?	1885-06	1890-11	28'
Ch 1964-1973	Cheshire	Flat	10	1889-01	1890-11	33'

Stock Cars

Series	Road	Description	# Built	First Listed	Last Listed	Inside Length
Ch 1526-1900	Cheshire	Stock (random numbers)	25?	1885-06	1890-11	28', 30', or 33'

Miscellaneous

Series	Road	Description	# Built	First Listed	Last Listed	Inside Length
Ch 1-10	Cheshire	Gravel	10	1885-06	1890-11

"Line" cars

See main listing "Line" cars section

General Info

Notes/discussion/TODO about this web page

Revision History

File History for THIS page
Date	Who	Description
17-Mar-2023	KG Akerboom	Initial version

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Car #(s)	Photo Location	Description
Ch 1541, 1721?	Keene Public Library	Cheshire box cars. Flats possibly Cheshire as well