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Flat |
1893-1940 |
A new "first class" flatcar purchased from the Middletown Car Company for $305. Tech. Data: 40,000 lb. (18 144 kg) capacity, 33 ft. (10.1 m) length. |
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Combine |
1893-1917 |
A secondhand car bought from the Mont Alto RR for $950. After retirement it was built into the side of the old enginehouse and used for storage. Scrapped after the tornado of 1925. Tech. Data: open vestibules, seating for 40. |
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Combine |
1895-1932 |
The KV paid $1,100 for this secondhand combine, found in the shop of E.H. Wilson & Co. of Philadelphia undergoing repairs. In 1912 it was rebuilt into a full passenger coach. It was retired in 1932 and was used for storage behind the enginehouse until abandonment. Tech. Data: open vestibules, seating for 40. As coach: seating for 60. |
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Flat |
1898-1940 |
The KV's second flatcar was also purchased new from the Middletown Car Company. The railroad paid $300 for it. Tech. Data: 30,000-40,000 lb. (13 608 - 18 144 kg) capacity. |
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Derrick |
1903-1910 |
No information available. |
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Combine/ Coach |
1908-1940 |
KV had a new combine built by the Harlan & Hollingsworth Co. of Wilmington, Del., for $6,285. Tech. Data: open vestibules, Believed to seat 60. |
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Flat |
1908-1913 |
Bought, used, from Wm. Kennedy for $100. Tech. Data: 50,000 lb. (22 680 kg) capacity. |
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Railcar |
1908-? |
KV paid $375 for this "small dimensioned" car. It is thought to have been nothing more than a powered handcar. |
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Railcar |
1911-1918 |
This railcar was a new "Canopy Top" from the Fairbanks, Morse and Co. of Chicago, purchased for $923.22. It ran on the tracks into Reedsville on Sundays to pick up newspapers and any passengers. Tech. Data: seating for 16. |
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Baggage |
1928-1940 |
An ex-Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore (PRR) car, bought for $400. Tech. Data: class BD without platforms, 30,000 lb. (13 608 kg) |
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Coach |
1928-1940 |
A full passenger coach, believed to be of 1898 vintage, purchased from PRR for $700. Currently part of a house on Valley Street, Belleville. Tech. Data: class PK, closed vestibules, seating for 64. |
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Railcar |
1928-1938 |
An open maintenance and track inspection car built by Roy Warner and his son Jimmie from an old Ford truck. |
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Coach |
1934-1940 |
In 1906, Hicks Car Works built coaches Nos.133 and 139 for the Bessemer and Lake Erie RR. They were sold to the KV for $850. This one (No.133), was cut up and used in a house built in the engine shed in 1940. Tech. Data: closed vestibules, seating for 74. |
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Coach |
1934-1940 |
The second B&LE coach (No.139). After abandonment, this car, No.3 and No.5, were used as cabins in Lumber City. Tech. Data: same as above. |
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Railcar |
1938-1940 |
Affectionately known as the "Studemotive" this Studebaker car was equipped with flanged wheels, and used to replace the daily midday train to Belleville (See: History: Afternoon Train Replaced by "Studemotive"). Tech. Data: 1926 vintage Studebaker (possibly a "Special Six"). |
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All rolling stock equipped with gravity-lock automatic buffer-couplers and Westinghouse air brakes. The only freight cars on the KV roster were the three flatcars. Removable sides were installed so that they could carry loose material. Boxcars and gondolas were rented from PRR. Other road names on the line, from 1899 waybill records, were: Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis; Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago; Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore; Erie & Pittsburgh; Union Line; Cleveland & Pittsburgh; Northern Central; Spanogle & Yeager; Erie RR; Huntington & Broad Top; Allegheny Valley; Kishacoquillas Live Stock Express Co.; St Louis, Vandalia & Terre Haute; Lake Erie & Western; and Pennsylvania Co. |
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