Freight Equipment
ex Bullard Co. #6
nee Central Vermont #7625
Arrived Danbury 9/25/1998
Privately donated
Built between 1923 and 1925
L 36'10", Empty Wt 29,300 lbs, Capacity 60,000 lbs.
ex CSXT (NYC) #80019
exx Conrail #80019
exxx Penn Central #80019
nee New York Central #885738
Arrived Danbury 3/30/2021
Donated to DRM by The Conrail Historical Society
Built May 1966
Conrail scale test car #80019 started life in May of 1966 as 3,500 cubic foot New York Central 996H class Flexi-Flo hopper car #885738. These hopper cars were some of the first pressure differential cars produced, forming the innovative basis for nearly all modern hopper car technology. Due to apparent wrecks that damaged the pressurized chambers of the cars, Penn Central converted a number of nearly-new Flexi-Flos to scale test cars, including the NYC #885738. The new PC #80019 emerged in 1969 painted in bright yellow for PC MoW service. After serving on Conrail in MoW gray, the #80019 was conveyed to CSX in 1999 and was donated to The Conrail Historical Society in 2021. The CRHS worked with the Danbury Railway Museum to bring the car to Danbury and conveyed ownership to the museum in April of 2021. It remains on permanent display in its Conrail scale test car appearance, the scheme it wore for over 40 years.
ex Conrail #359020
nee Erie Lackawanna #5019
Arrived Danbury 1/11/2000
Donated by Conrail to the Conrail Technical Society
Built 1966
This unit is a steel-sheathed, mechanical refrigerator car with a cushioned underframe. 5019 like others of its kind most likely hauled fresh produce or meat. Mechanical reefers started into service in the 1950s, replacing the rolling iceboxes that preceded them. Car 5019 was also fitted with a GPS transponder for testing by Conrail, the first-ever use of GPS on a freight car. The transponder remains attached to the car. Dimensions: ins. L50' W 9' H 9' outs. L61' H 15', Doors W 9' H 9'4" Cu.ft 4,022 Capacity 103,000 lbs.
nee Erie Lackawanna #33941
Arrived Danbury 12/4/1997
Purchased from Conrail
Built 1974 by Greenville Car Company of Pennsylvania
EL #33491 is a three-bay, gross dump, all-steel, self-clearing hopper car. This was the only kind of roller bearing hopper delivered to the EL. DRM purchased it from Conrail in Holidaysburg, PA as scrap. The car has a gold stripe at each end on both sides, indicating that it was used in steel mill service, running iron ore through the Lackawanna River Valley. Dimensions: ins. L 40'7" W 9'1" outs. L 41'7" W 10'5" H 11'4", Cu.ft 2,880. Capacity 154,000lbs.
nee New York Central
Arrived Danbury 7/14/1998
Leased from Metro-North
Metro-North #011 - Flatcar
nee New York Central #498099
Arrived Danbury 7/14/1998
Leased from Metro-North
These two cars accompany double-ended wrecker GCT-1.
ex Housatonic
nee NATX #12516
Arrived Danbury 5/2001
Donated by the Housatonic Railroad
Built 1966
Capacity 8,000 gals/100,000 lbs
Originally intended for fuel storage for the Housatonic Railroad, but never used. Capacity 8,000 gals/100,000 lbs.
ex Housatonic
nee NATX #12811
Arrived Danbury 5/2001
Donated by the Housatonic Railroad
Built 1967
Originally intended for fuel storage for the Housatonic Railroad, but never used. Capacity 8,000 gals/100,000 lbs.
ex United Illuminating Company
exx New Haven #T-27 MoW (acq. 1938)
nee UNKNOWN
Arrived Danbury 11/27/1997
Donated by United Illuminating Company
Built 1922
ex Amtrak
exx Penn Central
nee New Haven #33732
Arrived Danbury 12/4/2001
Purchased from scrapper, New London, CT
Built 1947 by Pullman-Standard
This car has been restored by DRM volunteers. Dimensions: ins. L 40'6" W 9'2" H 10'6", outs. L 44'4" W 10'8" H 15', Doors W 7' H 9'11" Cu.ft 3,903. Capacity 120,000 lbs.
ex Amtrak
exx Penn Central
nee New Haven #34537
Arrived Danbury 11/30/2001
Purchased from scrapper, New London, CT
Built 1948 by Pullman-Standard
Dimensions: ins. L 40'6" W 9'2" H 10', outs. L 44'4" W 10'8" H 14'6", Doors W 7' H 9'5" Cu.ft 3,715. Capacity 120,000 lbs.
ex Bullard Co. #2
nee New Haven #41178
Arrived Danbury 11/21/1997
Privately donated
Built 1906 and refitted 1930
ex Bullard Co. #5
nee New Haven #41XXX
Arrived Danbury 9/25/1998
Privately donated
Built 1906 and refitted 1930
New Haven #60521 - Drop-Bottom Gondola
ex Housatonic (plow)
exx Penn Central
nee New Haven #60521
Arrived Danbury 4/8/1995
Donated by the Housatonic Railroad
Built 1937 by New Haven company shops
This is said to be the last of the 60000 series drop-bottom NH gondolas. The four drop doors that it has are unusual in a gondola, and among other things could be very useful in track work if, for example, a pile of ballast (gravel) were put in the car, taken out to the work site, and then dropped out as needed. Length: 40 ft.
nee Pennsylvania #45924
Arrived Danbury 12/4/1997
Donated by Conrail
Built by 1941 by PRR and refitted 1963
Dimensions: ins. L 50'5" W 9'8" H 9', outs. L 56' W 10'5" H 15'. Doors W 10' H9'5" Cu.ft 4,431. Capacity 100,000 lbs.
nee Pennsylvania #112432
Arrived Danbury 3/26/1996
Donated by Conrail
Built November 1964 by the Pennsylvania Railroad, Holidaysburg, PA
This 50-ft boxcar has a plug door, roller bearing trucks and cushioned drawbars. The drawbars are the coupling element at each end of the car. Behind each drawbar is a very large coil spring which absorbs the impact of train starts and stops. PRR #1124432 has been restored by DRM volunteers. Dimensions: ins. L 50'7" W9'5" H 10'6" outs. L 50' W 10'6" H 15' Doors W 10'6" H 9'8" Cu.ft 4,670. Capacity 140,000 lbs.
nee Pennsylvania #666573
Arrived Danbury 12/10/1997
Purchased from Conrail
Built 1960 by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Dims: ins. L 39'10" W 9'9", outs. L 43'6" W 10'7" H 11', Cu.ft 2,603 Capacity 140,000 lbs.
ex Canadian Pacific
exx Delaware & Hudson #24625
nee Reading Company #18828
Arrived Danbury 7/30/2002
Donated by Canadian Pacific
Built July 1971
The Reading had 297 of these class XLj cars. This unit has cushioned drawbars and is lettered DF in round ball (Damage Free) for Evans load-dividers and side fillers for palletized shipments. Dimensions: ins. L 50'9" W 9'4" H 10'4" outs. W 10'7" H 13'9", Doors W 10' H 9'9" Cu.ft. 4,998, Capacity 157,700 lbs.
ex Green Mountain Railroad #X-578
exx Rutland #X-578
exxx Rutland #2631
exxxx Rutland #1706
nee Rutland #2573
Arrived Danbury 7/16/1999
Donated by the Green Mountain Railroad
Built 1902
ex Green Mountain Railroad #2764 (#2762)
nee Rutland #2764
Arrived Danbury 8/13/1999
Donated by Green Mountain Railroad
Built 1910 by American Car & Foundry (AC&F)
Rutland Railway Historical Society donated transportation costs and labored along with our volunteers.
ex Green Mountain Railroad #8085
nee Rutland #8085
Arrived Danbury 9/14/2000
Donated by Green Mountain Railroad
Built 1924 by Youngstown Car Co. of Ohio
This early wooden boxcar has a steel undercarriage and steel ends. The Rutland Railroad Historical Society donated transportation costs and labored right along with our DRM volunteers on this project.