EQUIPMENT

#4213 is an ALCO C424

It was built for the Canadian Pacific Railway by the Montreal Locomotive Works in 1965. It was acquired by WCRR in 2010.

#1803 is an ALCO RS-18

It was built for the Canadian Pacific Railway by the Montreal Locomotive Works in 1960 and retired in 1998. It was bought in 1998 and has been repainted into a Brunswick green with a yellow frame stripe. It is currently in service.

#6499 is an EMD GP9

It was built in 1957 for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as number 6499. It was owned by the Central Ohio Railroad when it was bought for the West Chester Railroad in 1997. It was repainted into a Pennsylvania Railroad scheme in 1998 with help from the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society Philadelphia Chapter and later repainted to its current West Chester scheme.

#7706 is an EMD GP38

It was built in 1969 for the Penn Central Railroad as number 7706. Following the bankruptcy of Penn Central, it was absorbed into Conrail in 1976. In the mid 1990s it was purchased by PECO Energy and later transferred to the Exelon Corporation to work in the Cromby Generating Station in Phoenixville, PA. In 2012 the unit was donated to the WCRR.

#3 is an ALCO S-2

It was built in 1949 for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as # 9115. It was owned by Rohm & Haas and numbered #3. It was damaged by freezing and was bought by the Wilmington and Western where it was rebuilt. It was then swapped for an SW600 by its present owner at the West Chester Railroad. It is not currently in service.

#1 is a 20 ton Plymouth switcher that was donated to the Heritage Association by the Glen Mills quarry where it worked. It was built in the 1940s and was gasoline powered but has been re-motored with a diesel. It is not in service.
Pennsylvania Railroad B60b ‘express messenger’ Baggage car #9275 was built in the 1920s. It is used as a snack and crew quarters car.
Reading Railroad MUs # 9107, 9109, 9114, 9117 and 9124 were built between 1931 and 1932 by Harlan and Hollingsworth in Wilmington, Delaware. They were self propelled commuter cars used by the Reading Railroad, then rebuilt and known as “Blueliners”, and were used then by SEPTA until 1990. All of the cars have had their traction motors and pantographs removed. #9107 has been made into a dining car.
#642 is a bay window N-7 type built in 1941. Its New York Central Railroad number was 20331 and renumbered to # 21642 by Conrail. It has been restored with new flooring and windows, and has been repainted a maroon color with yellow lettering. In September 2008 it was repainted bright red and re-lettered.