What is the earliest New Haven passenger car still existing?

I recently came across a color photo (late 1940’s) showing a snippet of New Haven arched window passenger car painted MOW orange. I thought it might have been a NYW&B Stillwell coach, but upon further review I have concluded it was most likely work car W-150 which was originally Pullman Car 400 (built 1881). This brought to mind a question, what is the earliest example of a New Haven passenger car that is still in existence?
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Speaking of early New Haven cars with arched windows, I was wondering what has happened to car 2312 (built 1904). The book NH Power states that after serving as a work car it was sent to the Valley Railroad in Essex. Is it still there and has it been restored? I include a picture of similar car 2311 from the book (Photo G. Votava) as reference.

The earliest one that I know of is the Fox Point, an observation car for the Merchants Limited, built circa 1917.
C.J.V.

1896 wood baggage car 3884 at RMNE, 1904 "Springfield" #2313 diner at RMNE, 1903 wood baggage car 3844 at RMNE. "Fox Point" was built in 1916, and RMNE's "Philinda", a Pullman parlor converted by NH to coach 610, was built in 1914. "Fox Point" is the youngster of all these!

Bill Dulmaine who used to edit the NHRTIA Shoreliner magazine had a wooden coach that he used as a studio and kept for years on the Grafton & Upton RR in Grafton, MA. Don't know where it is today.

HI

The coach that was in Grafton, Mass on the Grafton & Upton RR is now located in Palmer, Mass at the Steaming Tender Restaurant , it was moved there in 2007 . Pat

If you include predecessor lines, that would be an 1830s coach from the Boston and Providence Railroad, now at the St. Louis Museum of Transportation. See the top photo at:

http://transportmuseumassociation.org/r ... ipment.htm

Click on the "Passenger Cars" link for details.

- Bill

Thanks all. The Railroad Museum of New England seems to have a few coaches and according to the museum’s website car 2312 has been mothballed for now. Does anyone have a recent photo of 2312 that they could post? I’ve noticed that cars of this period had vestibule end windows which I assume were for natural lighting and ventilation. I include the photo of work car W-150? that started this topic. Unfortunately the snout of the DL-109 obscures most of the view.
That B&PR car in St. Louis Museum of Transportation is amazing. That has to be one of the earliest American rail cars. The B&O museum in Baltimore has some fine replicas.

Pat Fahey wrote:HI

The coach that was in Grafton, Mass on the Grafton & Upton RR is now located in Palmer, Mass at the Steaming Tender Restaurant , it was moved there in 2007 . Pat

So, what's the history of this car? Was it originally built as something other than a daycoach, or have a few windows been blanked up over the years for one reason or another?

Odd-looking ends: it's as if its halfway between open-platform and vestibule.

Connecticut Trolley Musuem, Warehouse Point has Combine 2633. blt 1908. It has served as Gift Shop, Deli, and is now the birthday party car. It needs roof work.

Also of interest is 940 a 60' open platform coach built by Bradley in 1898. It served on the Philadelphia and Reading and Belfast and Moosehead Lake. Source: NHRS Bulletin Vol 37 No 5 1972