D&H I Love NY Boxcars
The early 1980s were tough times for the D&H. New York shippers needed clean, serviceable boxcars to haul their products but there was a shortage of 50′ boxcars on the D&H. The D&H was going through financial troubles and didn’t have the funds to purchase more boxcars. Bankruptcy was on the horizon and the D&H’s Oneonta car shop employees faced potential layoffs because of a lack of work. In 1981 New York State decided to step in and address all of these issues at once, initiating a program whereby NYSDOT would fund the rehabilitation of 200 used boxcars by D&H’s Oneonta shop for use on the D&H system (by NYS shippers) and NYSDOT would hold title to the cars.
Car specs:
From 1981+
Top Speed 81mph
