LIRR 2037
TUSCARORA CLUB
later renamed
ONTEORA

TUSCARORA CLUB at Montauk on September 30, 1962.

This photo was taken during a fan-trip whose consist was (Fairbanks Morse) locomotive 2024, TUSCARORA CLUB, MANHASSET, COMMACK and JAMAICA. There were photo stops at the Shinnecock Canal bridge and Easthampton. The menu included Lobster Newburg. A photo of the train at Easthampton is on the cover of Stan Fischler's "Long Island Rail Road (MBI Railroad Color History)".
George E. Votava photo
published in "The Route of the Weekend Chief", Autumn 1995 issue of The Keystone
Scan by Jack Deasy

It is Saturday, December 7, 1963 and TUSCARORA CLUB is in the consist of a PRR special train
to the Army-Navy football game at Philadelphia. Navy beat Army, 21-15.

Photo by Jim Gillin

 

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It is Saturday, Novermber 28, 1964 and TUSCARORA CLUB is in the consist of a PRR special train
to the Army-Navy football game at Philadelphia. Army beat Navy, 11-8.

Photo by Bob Coolidge

 

TUSCARORA CLUB laying over at Montauk Yard one afternoon in the summer of 1967.
Photo by Edward Frye, Sr.
Scan by Ed Frye

TUSCARORA CLUB laying over at Morris Park in 1969.
Photo by Jim Gillin

TUSCARORA CLUB at Babylon. The car is accompanying SETAUKET and locomotive 1560
on a special train with a "Mets Hot Streak Express" banner on the front of the locomotive.
This photo may have been taken in 1969, the year the Mets won their first World Series.
Photo by Steve Hoskins
Scan/Edit by Steve Lynch


TUSCARORA CLUB on train #4 at Patchogue, June 1971
The car has been repainted into the new color scheme.
Photo/scan by Dave Keller

This 1972 image finds car 2037 at Greenport, renamed ONTEORA.
LIRR heavyweight parlor car 2046 had been named ONTEORA, but the name ONTEORA
became available for assignment to another car after 2046 was retired in October 1968.
Photo/scan courtesy of John C. Benson (Mr. Slides)

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It is June 25, 1972 and ONTEORA is the next to last car in the consist of a westbound train rolling thru Bethpage enroute from Montauk to Jamaica. A pair of Alco Century 420 locomotives (215 and 228), operating long hood to long hood, lead nine "Ping Pong" coaches, parlor ONTEORA and baggage car 7738.

Photos by Mike Woodruff; Collection of Brian Woodruff

This 1993 photo shows the car parked on isolated track, as part of the American Flyer Cafe, alongside the CSX mainline in downtown Marietta GA.
Photo/scan by Martin K. O'Toole

This January 2003 photo finds the car still parked on isolated track alongside the CSX mainline in downtown Marietta, GA.
It looks like the restaurant behind the car has a new name. The car needs a paint job.
Photo/scan by Martin K. O'Toole

 

January 2003 - a view of the car from another angle.
Photo/scan by Martin K. O'Toole

October 2009 - The scrapper's torch means the end of the line after 98 years.
Photo by R. Smith

October 2009 - The scrapper's torch means he end of the line after 98 years.
Photo by R. Smith

October 2009 - The scrapper's torch means the end of the line after 98 years.
Photo by R. Smith

 

Updated 10/19/2009