Re: (erielack) Stillwell coaches

["Gary R. Kazin" <gkazin_@_yahoo.com>]

- --- The Jordans <jjordan_@_blast.net> wrote:
> The Erie had Stillwell coaches, but so did the New York, Westchester 
> and Boston have them with pantagraphs???

> Anybody have any pictures of these.  What colors were they and how 
> long did they last on the NYW&B?

The 'Westchester' is well covered in two books, both with many living b&w
photos:
  Westchester's Forgotten Railway, by Roger Arcara
  Westchester County's Million-Dollar-A-Mile Railroad by Robert A. Bang

I bought them many years ago, but I think they are still available; I have
a possible source if anyone is interested - contact me OFF LIST.

The NYW&B's Stillwells had pantagraphs AND center doors, since all of its
stations had high level platforms (something we still lack on most former
EL stations, 75 years after the NYW&B closed)!  Standard vestibules and
traps were at the car ends because they used the New Haven's Harlem River
branch (which now goes to the Hell Gate Bridge), which had low level
platforms.

The NYW&B cars were built in several batches: 1911 and 1912 (28 motor
coaches and two combines), 1915 (10 motor cars and 5 trailers), 1924 (10
motor cars), 1926 (20 motor cars), 1927 (20 motor cars); the line opened
in May 1912.  The Erie's Stillwells were built after the first NYW&B cars.
 The NYW&B closed at the end of 1937; the cars served during its entire
life.  The last 50 cars were leased from the New Haven, and returned there
in 1938.  They also owned ONE electric locomotive, which also was
inherited by the NH.

Deep in the first book is a reprint from ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL, March
30, 1912, that describes the exterior of the cars as painted in standard
New Haven green, with the interior in white enamel.

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Gary R. Kazin
DL&W Milepost R35.7
Rockaway, New Jersey

New Jersey Transit - THE WAY TO GO!!!

(I have no affiliation with New Jersey Transit.)

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