Surviving NYC Lightweight Cars

Rainier Rails · **Posted:** Wed Apr 24, 2019 2:55 am

Rainier Rails wrote:

Part Two: Postwar Lightweights, Continued:

Sleepers, Continued:

22RM Bay-Series:

45 Cars, P-S, Lot #6790, Plan #4122, 1948, NYC Lot #2189:

Ordered in December 1945. Randall lists cars as delivered in October 1948, Madden lists cars as delivered between July and October 1948.

#10418 Humber Bay, sold in 1958 to CN #2066 Valois, rebuilt in 1973 to baggage-14RM dormitory #9478. Current status unknown.

parlourcar wrote:

here is what I have on the CNR "VAL" series. I did get to travel in these cars both as a sleeping car and Daynighter, so there is a bit of personal history. Added info is in bold.

#10418 Humber Bay, sold in 1958 to CN #2066 Valois, rebuilt in 1973 to baggage-14RM dormitory #9478. 1978 to VIA, 1990 (Sept) to Rail Voyages Ltd.

This car was later resold to Pittsburgh Transportation Museum Society (PTMX, commonly referred to as PTMS), and is now located in Orrville, OH, at the former Art David Rail Services/Dabo, Inc. facility now owned by Orville RHS.

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Rainier Rails · **Posted:** Mon Nov 14, 2022 1:21 am

As posted in the Chattanooga hotel thread, 56 seat chair #2665 has been scrapped, and 44 seat grill diner #456 has been acquired by the Western Maryland Scenic.

http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=45619

Rainier Rails · **Posted:** Fri Dec 02, 2022 9:44 pm

Update:

56 seat chair #2936 (to 28 seat parlor under HICO ownership), later M&E #2936 (#800081) Morris County was acquired by the Catalpa Falls Group in 2020 and renamed to Chester County. The car remains in active PV service.

https://www.catalpafallsgroup.com/chestercounty

Rainier Rails · **Posted:** Fri Dec 02, 2022 11:31 pm

Update:

baggage-express #9193 has been acquired by the Catalpa Falls Group: https://www.catalpafallsgroup.com/baggagecar9193

No info (at this time) on where the car had been prior to the CFG purchase.

o484 · **Posted:** Sat Dec 03, 2022 10:14 am

#10628 Laurel Stream was acquired by the New Hope & Ivyland earlier this year.

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Mon Aug 18, 2025 5:37 pm

conopt_rail wrote:

The Chicopee Falls, as far as I know, became the test car for NYC...PC....CR. While at Conrail, I was temporarily assigend to the test lab in Altoona. I was involved with testing locomotives and the wheel flange lubricators. As such, I spent a lot of time in that car. The emergency equipment in the hallway locker had Chicopee Falls engraved into the handles of the tools. One fellow from the lab had been with the NYC and the lab when it was in Cleveland and had been with the car all that time so I trusted that he knew what he was talking about.

After Conrail ended, I believe the car would up on NS.

Maybe someone knows the fate of the car.

It was quite an experiace to be riding in your own private car in freight service.

Al Drummond

As per other post:

The September 2025 issue of Railpace Newsmagazine indicates that the Reading & Northern, which acquired the car from Penn Valley Railroad/North Shore in January 2025 after it had been acquired from Conrail/NS use as a dynamometer and other test car, has completely rebuilt ex-Conrail 20/NYC Chicopee Falls to a static cafe/snack bar/gift shop, parked on a siding adjacent to the depot in downtown Jim Thorpe, Pa. used by the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway and R&N excursions, opening it to said service on July 4th, 2025.

Catalpa · **Posted:** Tue Aug 19, 2025 9:28 am

The Catalpa Falls Group has divested itself of most of it's equipment. It's ex-NYC 2936 has gone to the Heeber Creeper out in Utah. There are videos of it in service during their 2024 Christmas season. The ex-NYC baggage car has been donated to a non-profit.