. URTX 68250  Refrigeration Car
.                          Commonly called reefers by railroads these refrigeration cars were used to ship perishables, like vegetables, all across the country.  This particular car was built in 1954 and actually used blocks of ice covered with salt, to provide the refrigeration.  The blocks of ice were dropped into hoppers at each end of the car from four hatches on the roof.   This car, along with 2 tank cars, were the first pieces of freight equipment on the HVSRy arriving about 1973.
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. SRLX 25024  Refrigeration Car
.                             This reefer and her sister car #25038 where the next evolution in refrigeration.  Know as Mechanical Reefers these cars used diesel powered compressors to provide cold air within the car.

. NX 8886  Dry Ice Refrigeration Car
.                             When the need arose for extra cold conditions, railroads might use these Dry Ice cars.   With insulated walls over one foot thick these cars could satisfy the most extreme needs of shippers.   These cars are so well insulated that even today the interior temperature of the car will reflect the outdoor conditions when the HVSRy crews last opened the doors !   The HVSRy has three of these dry ice reefers, NX #8883, #8886
 and #8899 .

. Hopper ex-SCL 160835
.                            The Bread & Butter of many Eastern railroads is transporting of coal.  Hopper cars are specially designed to dump their load through the bottom of the car.  This particular car reflects the modernization from the older friction bearing to newer roller bearing on its axles.   Today the HVSRy largely uses this hopper for transporting stone for track maintenance.

.Tank Car GATX 31353
.                             One of  two tank cars donated by the Dupont Corp.     Back in the 1970's  the HVSRy  stored water in this car for monthy boiler inspections on steam engine #33, because the lack of  piped-in water.

.Tank Car UTLX 36781
.                            Built in the 1920's  to  standard USRA war specifications.
.............................Another photo of this car setting on #1 yard track about 1976.

.Flat car  ex-DLA 60166
.                             Several older ex-military flatcars were donated back in the mid 1990's.   All the flat cars have the older iron wheels and #60166 even has a special storage compartment.  The HVSRy has sister flat cars  DLA4005 , DLA42077 ,  DLA60167
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.Flat car  ex-C&O 912308
.                             Additional flat cars were C&O960804 and C&O912352 ( adapted for wheel transportation).

.Flat car  BN40004
.                             Another flat car has been repainted.

.Boxcar   ex-C&O 910071
.                            These ex- MofW boxcars were a real asset between the transition from the old engine house  and the building of the new engine house.   These older boxcars were adapted for trackcrew use by Chessie System railroad.   Sister boxcars are  C&O910006 , C&O910032 , C&O910056 , C&O921004 ( specialy converted for weilding ) .