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Equipment of the Predecessor Railroads Baltimore & Delta Railroad Maryland Central Railroad Type Number Builder Date Coach 1, 2 Billmeyer & Small April 1882 Coach 3, 4, 5 Jackson & Sharp December 1881 Passenger 20 cars B&S and J&S April 1882 Gondola 20 cars Billmeyer & Small ? April 1882 Const. Caboose 1 car   May 1882 Excursion 200 - 219 B&S and J&S August 1882 Boxcar 40 cars Billmeyer & Small August 1883 Hay Car 1 car   January 1886 Excursion 4 cars Rebuilt at J&S 1886   Baltimore & Lehigh Narrow Gauge Type Number Notes Coach 11, 12, 17, 18   Combine 25   Baggage-Mail 1, 2   Boxcar 119, 149, 154 (134), 178, 186, 189, 196   Gondola 201, 208, 210, 214, 219, 236* ex York & Peach Bottom NOTES: The Baltimore & Lehigh had the above equipment with numbers confirmed by photographs. * Gondola 236 is larger than the others, possibly a Maryland Central car?   Peach Bottom RR had a coach No. 3 "Bangor" and a combine No. 4 "Fawn" built by Billmeyer & Small in 1874. York & Peach Bottom RR had a boxcar numbered 314. M&PA Camp Car C was formerly B&L No. 301.   Baltimore & Lehigh Standard Gauge Type Number Built Acquired Disposition and Notes Coach 4 - 6   August 1900 became M&PA 4 - 6 Coach 7 - 10 c. 1880 June 1900 became M&PA 7 - 10 Baggage-Coach 20   June 1900 became M&PA 20 Baggage-Coach 21 c. 1890 June 1900 became M&PA 21 Baggage-Mail 30 c. 1895 July 1900 became M&PA 30 Baggage-Mail 31   July 1900 became M&PA 31 Baggage-Mail 32   July 1900 became M&PA 32 Caboose 1000 May 1895 NEW became M&PA 1000 Flat Car 11 - 15     became M&PA 100 - 104 Stock Car 100 - 101   NEW became M&PA 200 - 201 Box Car 400 - 424 May 1895 NEW became M&PA 400 - 424 Box Car 501 - 516 1900 NEW became M&PA 501 - 512 512, 514, 516 became M&PA Flat Cars 108 - 110 513 fate unknown Gondola 600 - 608 February 1900 NEW became M&PA 600 - 607 608 became M&PA Flat Car 107 NOTES: Stock cars 100 and 101 were built in the Baltimore & Lehigh Shops. Box cars 501 to 516 were built in the Baltimore & Lehigh Shops. The Baltimore & Lehigh Railway was standard gauged August 23, 1900.   York Southern Railroad Type Number Built Acquired Disposition and Notes Baggage 1   1895 became M&PA 3 Camp Car Baggage 2     became M&PA D Camp Car Coach 11   1895 became M&PA 1st 11 Coach 12   1895 became M&PA 1st 12 Coach 13     became M&PA 1st 13 Coach 14     became M&PA 1st 14 Box Car 101 - 112   1895 became M&PA 325 - 336 (not respective numbering) Gondola 201 - 210   1895 became M&PA 608 - 615 (not respective numbering) 201, 204 converted to flat cars Flat Car 201, 204   1895 became M&PA 105, 106 (converted from gondolas) Stock Car 301, 302   1895 became M&PA 202, 203 NOTES: The 1896 Poor's Manual states that the York Southern had purchased 3 standard gauge locomotives, 2 passenger, 1 baggage, 11 freight, 3 stock and 10 miscellaneous cars. The York Southern main line was changed to standard gauge October 27, 1895. The Peach Bottom branch was changed to standard gauge in 1898.

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