Danville & Western Railway

Virginia’s Dick & Willie

Freight Equipment

Freight Equipment of the Danville & Western

Type Car Numbers Dimensions
Inside Outside Doors
D&W Re-lettered SOUTHERN Height Side End Capacity # of CarsNote
L.W. H. L. W. at Eaves Eaves Overall W. H. W. H. Cu. Ft. Tons
F 500-506 400002-400007 33' 9'3" 33'9'3"2551
F507,508400000,40000136'9'3"36'9'3"2521
F55040002038'9'5"38'9'5"3012,13
B717-766400100-40014636'10"8'3"7'2"37'2"9'3 3/4"11'8 1/2"12'7"6'6'9"30473,12
G80140080033'9'3"33'9'3"2014
G900-911400900-40091128'8'28'8'20125
S1001,1002400700,40070136'10"8'6"7'6"37'2"9'3"11'10"3026,7,11
B1100-1199400147-40024636'10"8'6"8'37'2"9'6"12'7"14'6'6'9"301008,9
V2000-2009400500-40050836'10"8'3"7'2"37'2"9'3 3/4"11'8 1/2"12'7"6'6'9"24683099,10
V2010-2049400509-40054736'10"8'6"8'37'2"9'6 1/2"12'6"14'6'7'6 3/4"2'3'247630399,11
Car types: B=Box; F=Flat; G=Gondola; S=Stock; V=Ventilated Box

All cars listed had wooden bodies and frames except as noted below.

Notes:
  1. ICC Valuation shows cars 501-508 as 36', 20 ton capacity
  2. ICC Valuation indicates the length as 36'10"
  3. ICC Valuation indicates 48 cars in this series
  4. This car is classified as a 25'8" gondola in the ICC Valuation, a coal car in the OER
  5. These cars are classified as 25'8" ballast cars in the ICC Valuation, gondolas in the OER
  6. ICC valuation indicates the length as 36'
  7. OER indicated inside length as 35'10, value shown is speculation
  8. These cars are not in the ICC Valuation.  They presumably had steel underframes
  9. OER indicates inside length as 36'
  10. No outside length known, value shown is speculation
  11. OER indicated outside length as 37', value shown is speculation
  12. Built by Lenoir Car Works in 1908
  13. Built by Lenoir Car Works in 1913, steel underframes
This data is compiled from the 1916 ICC valuation and 1917 Official Equipment Register.  Where the sources conflicted, I have attempted to make a reasonable assumption, or indicate the fact in the notes.

D&W 1135 at MArtinsville VA
This is the only known photograph of a D&W freight car, taken at the Norfolk & Western Ry. Passenger station in Martinsville, VA.  It appears to be #1135, one of 100 cars apparently purchased ca. 1917, and must have been taken when the car was relatively new, prior to being re-lettered "SOUTHERN".