Passenger Cars of the
Chautauqua Lake Railway

The Jackson & Sharp Car Co. began building railroad cars, streetcars, and ships for customers around the world in 1863. In 1901 the company was taken over by the American Car and Foundry Co. upon the death of Mr. Jackson. According to the records of the Jackson & Sharp Co records, the Delaware passenger car company built a number of passenger cars for the Chautauqua Lake Railway.

First Class Passenger Cars (Numbers 4 and 5)

On May 30, 1887, Jackson & Sharp received an order for two passenger cars, shop numbers 2490 and 2494. These standard gauge cars were lettered as "Chautauqua Lake Railway" numbers 4 and 5 and were shipped on July 15, 1887. They included:

Passenger/Baggage Car (Number 3)

At the same time, Jackson & Sharp built one 2/3 Passenger 1/3 Baggage car, shop number 2608. This second class car was numbered 3 and included

Mail, Baggage and Express Car (Number 2)

Also included in the order was one Combined Mail, Baggage and Express Car, shop number 2246. This car was numbered 2 and included

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