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OC&N Doodlebug
Title:  OC&N Doodlebug
Description:  Old Colony & Newport's Doodlebug at Newport.
Photo Date:  7/15/1980  Upload Date: 4/15/2006 6:21:00 PM
Location:  Newport, RI
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  OCNR M-405(Doodlebug)
Views:  551   Comments: 1
Interesting Line up
Title:  Interesting Line up
Description:  A MP-54 coach, a Brill Car and a 45 tonner lined up just right
Photo Date:  7/16/1983  Upload Date: 3/19/2012 10:40:44 PM
Location:  Arkville, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  DURR M-405(Doodlebug)
Views:  564   Comments: 0
The Red Heifer
Title:  The Red Heifer
Description:  The Brill car on the Delaware & Ulster
Photo Date:  7/16/1983  Upload Date: 3/19/2012 10:46:26 PM
Location:  Arkville, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  DURR M-405(Doodlebug)
Views:  622   Comments: 0
The Red Heifer
Title:  The Red Heifer
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/10/1983  Upload Date: 12/30/2009 9:33:55 AM
Location:  Arkville, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DURR M-405(Doodlebug)
Views:  716   Comments: 0
"The Red Heifer" - an ex-NYC Brill doodlebug
Title:  "The Red Heifer" - an ex-NYC Brill doodlebug
Description:  D&U called it 'The Red Heifer'. It was operational when I first visited the D&U back in 1983. Their website indicates that it's currently non-operational, but undergoing restoration to operatiog condition in 2009. We did the ride up to Highmount on this visit.
Photo Date:  10/10/1983  Upload Date: 7/17/2009 9:15:27 AM
Location:  Arkville, NY
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DURR M-405(Doodlebug)
Views:  1039   Comments: 0
DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Title:  DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1984  Upload Date: 6/22/2013 9:47:39 PM
Location:  Fleischmanns, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DURR M405(Doodlebug)
Views:  424   Comments: 0
DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Title:  DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1984  Upload Date: 6/22/2013 9:47:39 PM
Location:  Fleischmanns, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DURR M405(Doodlebug)
Views:  311   Comments: 0
DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Title:  DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1984  Upload Date: 6/22/2013 9:47:40 PM
Location:  Fleischmanns, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DURR M405(Doodlebug)
Views:  341   Comments: 0
DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Title:  DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1984  Upload Date: 6/22/2013 9:47:40 PM
Location:  Arkville, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DURR M405(Doodlebug)
Views:  287   Comments: 0
DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Title:  DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1984  Upload Date: 6/22/2013 9:47:40 PM
Location:  Fleischmanns, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DURR M405(Doodlebug)
Views:  280   Comments: 0
DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Title:  DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1984  Upload Date: 6/22/2013 9:47:40 PM
Location:  Arkville, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DURR M405(Doodlebug)
Views:  253   Comments: 0
DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Title:  DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1984  Upload Date: 6/22/2013 9:47:41 PM
Location:  Arkville, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DURR M405(Doodlebug)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
Engineer V. Stevens; DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Title:  Engineer V. Stevens; DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1984  Upload Date: 6/22/2013 9:47:41 PM
Location:  Arkville, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DURR M405(Doodlebug)
Views:  282   Comments: 0
DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Title:  DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1984  Upload Date: 6/22/2013 9:47:42 PM
Location:  Fleischmanns, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DURR M405(Doodlebug)
Views:  246   Comments: 0
DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Title:  DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1984  Upload Date: 6/22/2013 9:47:42 PM
Location:  Arkville, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DURR M405(Doodlebug)
Views:  280   Comments: 0
DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Title:  DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1984  Upload Date: 6/22/2013 9:47:42 PM
Location:  Fleischmanns, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DURR M405(Doodlebug)
Views:  280   Comments: 0
DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Title:  DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1985  Upload Date: 6/22/2013 9:39:56 PM
Location:  Arkville, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DURR M405(Doodlebug)
Views:  1065   Comments: 2
DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Title:  DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1985  Upload Date: 6/22/2013 9:39:59 PM
Location:  Arkville, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DURR M405(Doodlebug)
Views:  366   Comments: 0
DURR M405
Title:  DURR M405
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1985  Upload Date: 6/22/2013 9:40:00 PM
Location:  Fleischmanns, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DURR M405(Doodlebug)
Views:  282   Comments: 0
DURR M405
Title:  DURR M405
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1985  Upload Date: 6/22/2013 9:40:00 PM
Location:  Fleischmanns, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DURR M405(Doodlebug)
Views:  299   Comments: 0
DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Title:  DURR M405 - Brill Model 250
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1985  Upload Date: 6/22/2013 9:40:01 PM
Location:  Arkville, NY
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DURR M405(Doodlebug)
Views:  329   Comments: 0
D&U M405
Title:  D&U M405
Description:  DURR "Red Heifer" doodle-bug #M405 (ex-NYC) at Arkville, NY
Photo Date:  11/17/1985  Upload Date: 5/6/2018 8:09:46 PM
Location:  Arkville, NY
Author:  Mike Bischak
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  DURR M405(Doodlebug)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
D&U Brill car
Title:  D&U Brill car
Description:  Brill car AKA The Red Heifer on the Delaware & Ulster
Photo Date:  8/9/1986  Upload Date: 3/18/2012 11:08:48 PM
Location:  Arkville, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  DURR M-405(Doodlebug)
Views:  1581   Comments: 0
Brill Car "The Red Heffer"
Title:  Brill Car "The Red Heffer"
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/12/2000  Upload Date: 1/3/2010 12:15:02 AM
Location:  Arkville, NY
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  DURR M-405(Doodlebug)
Views:  1174   Comments: 0
LIRR #1134
Title:  LIRR #1134
Description:  This doodlebug was built in 1927 by Brill (Model 55) and listed as a class MP-54A1. The car was sold to the Atlantic & Western in december 1939. Date and location are approximate. No photographer listed but the photo came from the Art Huneke collection.
Photo Date:  6/1/1935  Upload Date: 6/11/2014 8:41:26 AM
Location:  Unknown, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  LI 1134(Doodlebug)
Views:  1467   Comments: 4
Georgia Northern Doodlebug M1200
Title:  Georgia Northern Doodlebug M1200
Description:  Another found picture. This is the GaNo M1200, Brill car. It is reportedly in Albany, Ga. If so, it is at the Albany Northern Shop buildings.
Photo Date:  12/31/1940  Upload Date: 2/23/2016 11:38:55 AM
Location:  Albany, GA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives:  GANO M1200(Doodlebug)
Views:  499   Comments: 1
A&N M1200
Title:  A&N M1200
Description:  ex-CCC&StL
Photo Date:  10/24/2006  Upload Date: 5/15/2016 6:34:31 AM
Location:  Albany, GA
Author:  Jerry LaBoda Scan Collection
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives:  AN M1200(Doodlebug)
Views:  1036   Comments: 0
NYC #1214 "Doodlebug" (eventually NYC M-206)
Title:  NYC #1214 "Doodlebug" (eventually NYC M-206)
Description:  The unknown photographer wrote the following description on the back - "gasoline driven. Big Four - operates between Indpls & Greensburg, IND. Two 4 wheel trucks" This Brill rail motor car was eventually was renumbered as NYC M-206
Photo Date:  5/1/1957  Upload Date: 8/19/2013 6:55:11 AM
Location:  Unknown, NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  NYC 1214(Doodlebug)
Views:  2139   Comments: 0
GN Brill 2325
Title:  GN Brill 2325
Description:  Great Northen Railway Brill 2325 east of Sioux Falls, South Dakota on an unknown day in June 1958, Kodachrome by Dick Rumbolz, Chuck Zeiler collection. Built in 1928 by Brill ( c/n 22627 ), it was originally powered by a 300 horsepower gasoline engine, and in March 1948 it was repowered with a 275 horsepower Stirling diesel. It was scrapped in July 1959.
Photo Date:  6/1/1958  Upload Date: 3/1/2011 11:46:03 AM
Location:  Sioux Falls, SD
Author:  Dick Rumbolz
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  GN 2325(Doodlebug)
Views:  4259   Comments: 1
GN 2328 (Scanned From Magazine Clipping)
Title:  GN 2328 (Scanned From Magazine Clipping)
Description:  Date estimated
Photo Date:  6/1/1970  Upload Date: 9/23/2010 11:33:03 AM
Location:  Duluth, MN
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  GN 2328(Doodlebug)
Views:  2600   Comments: 0
RDG Doodlebug #4067 - Reading Co
Title:  RDG Doodlebug #4067 - Reading Co
Description:  Nice example of a combination passenger/freight/RPO gas/electric doodlebug built by Brill/Westinghouse circa 1926. Unfortunately, no date, location or photographer was listed on the back for this photo. With Walter Hoffman's help (see comment below), the location has been identified as Reading, PA.
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 11/20/2014 5:06:21 AM
Location:  Reading, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  RDG 4067(Doodlebug)
Views:  1767   Comments: 2
Reading "Doodlebug"
Title:  Reading "Doodlebug"
Description:  Reading Brill Motor Car #4077 is seen in front of the grand three-story Victorian depot at Skillman, NJ. Just behind the "doodlebug" is the station's semaphore passenger controlled flag stop signal, used by passengers to request a train stop. Reading had a small fleet of doodlebugs working the New York Branch. #4077 was delivered by J.G. Brill in February of 1927. It was powered by a Cummins 250 H.P. diesel with a tractive effort of 10,100 lbs. It sat 32 in the passenger compartment and also had sections for parcel service and R.P.O.
Photo Date:  1/29/1947  Upload Date: 11/20/2008 10:18:47 AM
Location:  Skillman, NJ
Author:  Charles Knox Freericks
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RDG 4077(Doodlebug)
Views:  3195   Comments: 0
Reading "Motor Train"
Title:  Reading "Motor Train"
Description:  Reading Brill Motor Car #4079 makes a stop at Skillman. This gas-electric doodlebug was utilized in Port Reading to Trenton service. Passengers could make a cross platform transfer in West Trenton to a Reading MU for the ride to Reading Terminal in Center City Philadelphia. This unit could seat 32 and had a 11 foot baggage area and a 10 foot RPO. By this time, the Offial Guide shows this only running Bound Brook to Trenton. The auto is the Freericks family's 1933 Plymouth PC Business Coupe. CKF refered to this doodlebug as a Reading Railway "motor train" in his notes.
Photo Date:  1/22/1947  Upload Date: 11/20/2008 10:20:09 AM
Location:  Skillman, NJ
Author:  Charles Knox Freericks
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RDG 4079(Doodlebug)
Views:  3381   Comments: 0
PRR 4640, "Doodlebug," 1958
Title:  PRR 4640, "Doodlebug," 1958
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide via Al Chione that was taken near Red Bank, New Jersey, during June of 1958. The photographer is not identified. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad "Doodlebug" #4640, a GEW 350 built by J.G. Brill during 1927 and retired in 1962. ("Tchowee"; #4 of 13)
Photo Date:  6/21/1958  Upload Date: 5/5/2020 2:43:57 AM
Location:  Red Bank, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4640(Doodlebug)
Views:  593   Comments: 0
PRR Doodlebug #4640
Title:  PRR Doodlebug #4640
Description:  Pennsylvania doodlebug #4640 sits in an unknown yard. No exact date, location or photographer was listed for this photo but with help from Richard Wallis (see comment below), the location & approxiamte date may be set.
Photo Date:  6/1/1962  Upload Date: 11/19/2014 11:03:12 AM
Location:  Modena, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4640(Doodlebug)
Views:  1249   Comments: 2
PRR Doodlebug #4640
Title:  PRR Doodlebug #4640
Description:  Note the starburst on the freight door around the porthole - interesting detail. Looks like this unit might be in a scrap line. No exact date, location or photographer was listed for this photo but with help from Richard Wallis (see comment below), the location & approxiamte date may be set.
Photo Date:  6/1/1962  Upload Date: 11/19/2014 11:03:25 AM
Location:  Modena, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4640(Doodlebug)
Views:  714   Comments: 2
PRR Doodlebug #4640
Title:  PRR Doodlebug #4640
Description:  From the missing roof panel, it appears that this unit is in a scrap line. No exact date, location or photographer was listed for this photo but with help from Richard Wallis (see comment below), the location & approxiamte date may be set.
Photo Date:  6/1/1962  Upload Date: 11/19/2014 11:03:46 AM
Location:  Modena, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4640(Doodlebug)
Views:  495   Comments: 2
PRR Doodlebug #4640
Title:  PRR Doodlebug #4640
Description:  Good interior shot of the passenger section of the doodlebug. No exact date, location or photographer was listed for this photo but with help from Richard Wallis in a comment on a previous photo, the location & approxiamte date may be set.
Photo Date:  6/1/1962  Upload Date: 11/19/2014 11:04:31 AM
Location:  Modena, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4640(Doodlebug)
Views:  575   Comments: 0
PRR Doodlebug #4652 - Pennsylvania RR
Title:  PRR Doodlebug #4652 - Pennsylvania RR
Description:  Stopping momentarily at an unknown station, this gas/electric doodlebug built by Brill-Pullman circa 1928 has its baggage doors wide open - an early "air conditioning". According to Rob Schoenberg's PRR diagrams website, the specs on this unit are - class GEG350, Winton gas engine, 175 hp, engine weight 129,200 lb, 77 passenger capacity w/baggage (6,000 lb limit). The actual date, location and photographer are unknown.
Photo Date:  6/1/1940  Upload Date: 2/11/2017 4:55:35 AM
Location:  Unknown, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4652(Doodlebug)
Views:  634   Comments: 0
PRR 4653, "Doodlebug," 1957
Title:  PRR 4653, "Doodlebug," 1957
Description:  Here is a postal card from the Henry C. Westenberger Collection. No Postmark. Mr. Douglas C. Wornom, photographer. Photo Caption: "Pennsylvania 4653. A special train, with gas car 4653, chartered by the Lehigh Valley Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, stops at Lambertville, N.J., November 3, 1957." #4653 is a gasoline-powered OEG 350, Model 660, built by J.G. Brill during 1928 and retired in 1963.
Photo Date:  11/3/1957  Upload Date: 8/5/2018 2:54:14 PM
Location:  Lambertville, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4653(Doodlebug)
Views:  729   Comments: 1
SOU 722
Title:  SOU 722
Description:  722 Under steam with 425 and 58 keeping her company.
Photo Date:  7/15/1979  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 9:43:19 PM
Location:  Marshallton, DE
Author:  Tim Cronin
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam,Track
Locomotives:  SOU 722(2-8-0) VFS 425(4-6-2) RBMN 425(4-6-2) WWRC 58(0-6-0) PRR 4662(Doodlebug) WWRC 4662(Doodlebug) GMN 425(4-6-2)
Views:  3452   Comments: 0
PRR 4662, "Doodlebug," 1984
Title:  PRR 4662, "Doodlebug," 1984
Description:  Extra Board. Here is a photo by Alex Mayes. It's the cover photo of the January 1985 issue of "Railpace Newsmagazine." Cover Caption: "Wilmington Chapter, NRHS, Doodlebug trip on the Octoraro Railway, seen at Lincoln University Station, east of Oxford, PA." Shown here is ex-Pennsylvania Railroad #4662, a Class GEG 415, Brill "Doodlebug," Model 660, built in 1928.
Photo Date:  11/3/1984  Upload Date: 10/26/2017 1:12:42 AM
Location:  Oxford, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4662(Doodlebug)
Views:  620   Comments: 0
PRR 4662
Title:  PRR 4662
Description:  Wimmington & Western
Photo Date:  9/22/2007  Upload Date: 9/22/2007 9:43:44 PM
Location:  Greenbank, DE
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4662(Doodlebug)
Views:  1594   Comments: 0
PRR 4662
Title:  PRR 4662
Description:  Brandywine Creek
Photo Date:  9/22/2007  Upload Date: 9/22/2007 9:48:51 PM
Location:  Wooddale, DE
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4662(Doodlebug)
Views:  782   Comments: 0
PRR 4662
Title:  PRR 4662
Description:  Brandywine Creek
Photo Date:  9/22/2007  Upload Date: 9/22/2007 9:49:28 PM
Location:  Wooddale, DE
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4662(Doodlebug)
Views:  567   Comments: 0
PRR 4662
Title:  PRR 4662
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/2007  Upload Date: 9/22/2007 9:50:04 PM
Location:  Wooddale, DE
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4662(Doodlebug)
Views:  542   Comments: 0
PRR 4662
Title:  PRR 4662
Description:  Brandywine Creek
Photo Date:  9/22/2007  Upload Date: 9/22/2007 9:50:50 PM
Location:  Mount Cuba, DE
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4662(Doodlebug)
Views:  1421   Comments: 1
PRR 4662
Title:  PRR 4662
Description:  Brandywine Creek
Photo Date:  9/22/2007  Upload Date: 9/22/2007 9:51:11 PM
Location:  Mount Cuba, DE
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4662(Doodlebug)
Views:  588   Comments: 0
PRR 4662
Title:  PRR 4662
Description:  Brandywine Creek
Photo Date:  9/22/2007  Upload Date: 9/22/2007 9:51:29 PM
Location:  Mount Cuba, DE
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4662(Doodlebug)
Views:  735   Comments: 1
PRR 4662
Title:  PRR 4662
Description:  Brandywine Creek
Photo Date:  9/22/2007  Upload Date: 9/22/2007 9:51:47 PM
Location:  Mount Cuba, DE
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4662(Doodlebug)
Views:  643   Comments: 0


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