Worcester, Nashua & Rochester Railroad Freight Cars - Summary

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

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Index

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

Some General Notes

It is interesting when the WN&R renumbered their freight cars (1886-06 and 1889-07) there was no "Transition" period where both number series were listed

Boxcars

Series	Road	Description	# Built	First Listed	Last Listed
Cars numbers listed in random small groups or individually
WN&R 33-150	WN&R	Box, 4-wheel		1885-06	1886-05
WN&R 49-392	WN&R	Box		1885-06	1886-05
WN&R 50-398	WN&R	Box, Machinery		1885-06	1886-05
WN&R 304-328	WN&R	Hay		1885-06	1886-05
1886-06 "Contiguous" number series
WN&R 600-640 1889-01: To 5080-5120	WN&R	Box, 4-wheel [later Ice]	41?	1886-06	1893-10
WN&R 700-804 1889-01: To 5248-5352 1890-04: To 5248-5373	WN&R	Box, 8-wheel	120?	1886-06	1894-05
WN&R 900-910 1889-01: To 5466-5470?	WN&R	Hay, 8-wheel	11?	1886-06	1889-06 or later?
WN&R 950-959 1889-01: To 5364-5373	WN&R	Machinery, 8-wheel	10	1886-06	1890-03

Flat Cars

Series	Road	Description	# Built	First Listed	Last Listed
Cars numbers listed in random small groups or individually
WN&R 16-200	WN&R	Flat		1885-06	1886-05
WN&R 203-391	WN&R	Flat		1885-06	1886-05
WN&R 400-419	WN&R	Flat, Brick		1885-06	1886-05
1886-06 "Contiguous" number series
WN&R 400-504 1889-01: To 5143-5380 (with gaps)	WN&R	Platform, 8-wheel	109?	1886-06	1892-06
WN&R 300-321 1889-01: To 5121-5142	WN&R	Brick, 8-wheel	22?	1886-06	1892-06

Miscellaneous

Series	Road	Description	# Built	First Listed	Last Listed
Cars numbers listed in random small groups or individually
WN&R 0-378	WN&R	Gravel, 4-wheel		1885-06	1886-05
1886-06 "Contiguous" number series
WN&R 1-99 1889-01: To 4980-5079	WN&R	Dump, 4-wheel	100?	1886-06	1894-04
WN&R 1000-1003 1889-01: To 5375, 5377	WN&R	Wood, 8-wheel	2?	1886-06	1891-10
WN&R 1025-1027 1889-01: To 5379	WN&R	Charcoal, 8-wheel	1?	1886-06	1890-03

"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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