page_title: Erie Lackawanna MU Cars
section_title: High-roof trailers
hierarchical_section_title: Erie Lackawanna MU Cars / Types / High-roof trailers
caption_attribution_description: English: 1910 era electric commuter train emerges from the Hoboken Tunnels, Hoboken NJ. August 1981. Scan from 35mm slide.
context_page_description: The Erie Lackawanna MU Cars were a fleet of electric multiple unit commuter railcars used by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad and successor railroads in the state of New Jersey. The D&LW undertook electrification of its Morristown Line and related branches in 1929–1930, and purchased 141 motor cars from Pullman to operate it. These were supplemented by 141 unpowered trailers of various types which were converted from existing rolling stock. The multiple units were successful and remained in service into the early 1980s.
context_section_description: Pullman built 75 suburban coaches for the Lackwanna between 1917–1920. These cars had "high roofs", higher than the Pullman coaches delivered in 1925 or the motor cars built in 1930. 68 of these (nos. 648–715) were rebuilt as trailers in 1930 and renumbered 2300–2367. The cars were rebuilt by the American Car and Foundry Company, which added vestibules and converted the cars to electric heat. The cars were 70 feet 1 inch (21.36 m) long and could seat 78. The cars stood 14 feet 3 ³⁄₄ inches (4.362 m) tall and weighed 109,500 pounds (49,700 kg). In 1961, they were renumbered 3300–3367 and finally by NJT to 4300-4367.
caption: High roof trailer car leaves Bergen Hill Tunnels in August 1981
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