Nickel Plate Road Class C-7 Bay Window #470

C-7 Class Description

• Manufactured by the International Railway Car Co. for the Nickel Plate Road
• 25 units were constructed
• Bay window observation
• The last cabooses produced for the NPR

CABOOSE 470

• Built for the Nickel Plate Road in 1962
• Acquired by the N&W in a 1964 merger
• Renumbered to N&W 557470
• Donated to the Museum in the 1980s by the Norfolk & Western Railway Co.

Class Specifications

• Length (coupled): 41 ft
• Height: 14 ft 3 in
• Width: 10 ft 7 in
• Weight: 48,100 lbs