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Car Descriptions & Seating Photos

Snack Car (7136)

  • Ex Long Island “Ping Pong” P54 Commuter Cars
  • Built in 1927 by the American Car & Foundry
  • May have been used at Steam Town Vermont
  • Cars were sold to McDonald Steel Company in McDonald, OH then to Ashtabula, Carson & Jefferson in Ohio in 1995 and finally to Buffalo Cattaraugus and Jamestown Scenic Railway in 2014
Snack Car
Snack Car Table
Snack Car Small Booth
Snack Car Large Booth

Open Air (Outdoor) Car

  • Covered overhead, sides open and exposed to the air and weather
  • Purchased from Knox and Kane by Scott Symans
  • Built on a PRR caboose frame that was extended by Penn View Mountain Railroad (Sloan Cornell, then moved to Knox & Kane)
  • Privately owned
Open Air Car
Open Air Car Seating

Passenger Coach Car (7133)

  • Ex Long Island “Ping Pong” P54 Commuter Cars
  • Built in 1927 by the American Car & Foundry
  • May have been used at Steam Town Vermont
  • Cars were sold to McDonald Steel Company in McDonald, OH then to Ashtabula, Carson & Jefferson in Ohio in 1995 and finally to Buffalo Cattaraugus and Jamestown Scenic Railway in 2014
Coach Car
Coach Car Seating

Caboose – Penn Central (18216)

**This is the Caboose being used for all 2025 trips**

  • Built on Box Car frame by Penn Central
  • Was in service out of New Castle, PA
  • Purchased by and restored by Ray Kolasa for use by the BC&J Scenic Railway
Caboose
Caboose Seating

Caboose – Chesapeake & Ohio

**Not in Service for 2025**

  • Built for the C&O Railway by the International Car Co in Kenton Ohio around 1968.
  • One of 100 original cabooses put into service by C&O around that same time.
  • Cutting edge at the time of service: originally equipped with extended cupolas for unlimited viewing, electric lights, an oil-burning stove, and crew refrigerators.

Currently undergoing restoration for future use – please consider donating today to help us put this vintage piece of equipment back into service again.

Donations can be made onboard during you trip or can be sent to:

BC&J Railroad (Care of Artcraft Toy Trains)

4 Scott Street

Hamburg NY 14075

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a room with a green door