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Death Valley Railroad #5
Title:  Death Valley Railroad #5
Description:  DVRR Gas Electric car #5. Built by J.G. Brill as Model 55 in 1927 for Pacific Coast Borax.
Photo Date:  9/23/2017  Upload Date: 2/9/2018 1:23:00 AM
Location:  Laws, CA
Author:  Rob Sarberenyi
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  DVRR 5(Doodlebug)
Views:  340   Comments: 0
Death Valley Railroad Company 5
Title:  Death Valley Railroad Company 5
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/23/2017  Upload Date: 12/22/2017 6:37:10 PM
Location:  Laws, CA
Author:  Joseph C.
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  DVRR 5(Doodlebug)
Views:  332   Comments: 0
Slim Princess Reunion
Title:  Slim Princess Reunion
Description:  Death Valley Railroad 5 owned by the Laws Railroad Museum is on display while visiting Southern Pacific 18 puts on a show. This was the first time that Southern Pacific steam had run on these tracks since the 1950s!
Photo Date:  9/23/2017  Upload Date: 11/18/2017 1:58:02 AM
Location:  Laws, CA
Author:  Joseph C.
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 18(4-6-0) DVRR 5(Doodlebug)
Views:  453   Comments: 1
Slim Princess Reunion
Title:  Slim Princess Reunion
Description:  Death Valley Railroad 5 owned by the Laws Railroad Museum is on display while visiting Southern Pacific 18 puts on a show passing the original 1883 turntable. This was the first time that Southern Pacific steam had run on these tracks since the 1950s!
Photo Date:  9/23/2017  Upload Date: 11/18/2017 2:03:23 AM
Location:  Laws, CA
Author:  Joseph C.
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  DVRR 5(Doodlebug) SP 18(4-6-0)
Views:  403   Comments: 1
Slim Princess Reunion
Title:  Slim Princess Reunion
Description:  Visiting from the Eastern California Museum in Independence, CA Southern Pacific 18 takes a break while Death Valley Railroad 5 gives rides to the public.
Photo Date:  9/23/2017  Upload Date: 12/22/2017 6:50:08 PM
Location:  Laws, CA
Author:  Joseph C.
Categories:  Yard,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 18(4-6-0) DVRR 5(Doodlebug)
Views:  545   Comments: 0
SP #18 and DVRR #5
Title:  SP #18 and DVRR #5
Description:  DVRR Gas Electric car #5 meets SP narrow gauge 4-6-0 #18. In the far background is the town of Bishop, CA along with the eastern Sierra Nevada mountain range.
Photo Date:  9/23/2017  Upload Date: 2/9/2018 1:23:47 AM
Location:  Laws, CA
Author:  Rob Sarberenyi
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 18(4-6-0) DVRR 5(Doodlebug)
Views:  310   Comments: 1
LOPG MC-6 MARIE
Title:  LOPG MC-6 MARIE
Description:  this car ran from Live Oak to Scanlon, then returned to Mayo, then back to Scanlon and back to Live Oak, 192 miles each day. It was sold to Cuba.
Photo Date:  6/23/1940  Upload Date: 11/11/2012 5:37:22 PM
Location:  Unknown, FL
Author:  William Monypeny, Russell Tedder Collection
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives:  LOPG MC-6(Doodlebug)
Views:  1358   Comments: 0
HBTM M-39
Title:  HBTM M-39
Description:  One of the few surviving pieces of rolling stock from Pennsylvania shortline Huntingdon & Broad Top Mountain Railroad, this doodlebug was preserved thanks to Dr. Stanley Groman and his Rail City Museum further north of here in Sandy Creek, NY. Built in 1929 by J.G. Brill for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Photo Date:  6/26/2015  Upload Date: 7/1/2015 1:31:46 AM
Location:  Central Square, NY
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  HBTM M39(Doodlebug)
Views:  373   Comments: 0
UP #M-40
Title:  UP #M-40
Description:  Scanned with an Epson V550 from a duplicate Ektachrome 35mm slide. Date, location, and photographer are unknown.
Photo Date:  12/8/2014  Upload Date: 1/28/2025 6:17:40 AM
Location:  Unknown, US
Author:  Unknown/John C. Benson Collection
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  UP M-40(Doodlebug)
Views:  10   Comments: 0
BDRV M55
Title:  BDRV M55
Description:  I was delighted to see this critter!
Photo Date:  6/19/2004  Upload Date: 3/21/2006 6:02:07 PM
Location:  Phillipsburg, NJ
Author:  Brian Havlicek
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BDRV M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  1086   Comments: 1
BDRV M55
Title:  BDRV M55
Description:  M1 and M55 pose next to each other. The Delaware Turtle (M55) will leave in minutes. Then the M1 will go on to the siding because of the oncoming 142.
Photo Date:  6/19/2004  Upload Date: 3/21/2006 6:13:17 PM
Location:  Phillipsburg, NJ
Author:  Brian Havlicek
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BDRV M55(Doodlebug) NYSW M1(RDC1)
Views:  1193   Comments: 0
BDRV M55
Title:  BDRV M55
Description:  A gound-eyes view of these classic greats!
Photo Date:  6/19/2004  Upload Date: 3/21/2006 6:09:32 PM
Location:  Phillipsburg, NJ
Author:  Brian Havlicek
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BDRV M55(Doodlebug) NYSW M1(RDC1)
Views:  1086   Comments: 0
BDRV M55
Title:  BDRV M55
Description:  Number 55 crossing Main Street in Flemington
Photo Date:  5/1/2006  Upload Date: 5/25/2013 7:32:29 PM
Location:  Flemington, NJ
Author:  peter soly
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BDRV M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  508   Comments: 0
BDRV M-55
Title:  BDRV M-55
Description:  The passenger trains this day were operated using the Delaware Turtle, seen arriving back at Ringoes with the last trip of the day.
Photo Date:  9/3/2006  Upload Date: 5/14/2008 3:08:32 PM
Location:  Ringoes, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BDRV M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  681   Comments: 0
Almost Like Old Times
Title:  Almost Like Old Times
Description:  BDRV M55 poses next to the CNJ Flemington depot before heading back to Turntable Junction.
Photo Date:  9/30/2006  Upload Date: 5/27/2008 8:42:33 PM
Location:  Flemington, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BDRV M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  717   Comments: 1
Back At The Station
Title:  Back At The Station
Description:  M55 was running short trips between the regular BR&W station and the restored CNJ station, now a Unity Bank.
Photo Date:  9/30/2006  Upload Date: 5/14/2008 6:06:28 PM
Location:  Flemington, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BDRV M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  653   Comments: 0
M55 Hiding behind a crane
Title:  M55 Hiding behind a crane
Description:  The Delaware Turtle is sitting quietely this weekend.
Photo Date:  10/22/2006  Upload Date: 10/22/2006 7:01:12 PM
Location:  Ringoes, NJ
Author:  Brian Havlicek
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BDRV M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  633   Comments: 0
Will this ever go back to Philipsburg?
Title:  Will this ever go back to Philipsburg?
Description:  I like the new trim on the M55.
Photo Date:  10/22/2006  Upload Date: 10/22/2006 7:06:24 PM
Location:  Ringoes, NJ
Author:  Brian Havlicek
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BDRV M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  653   Comments: 0
BRW M55 "Delaware Turtle"
Title:  BRW M55 "Delaware Turtle"
Description:  Sold to Colebrookdale RR
Photo Date:  11/11/2006  Upload Date: 11/30/2020 10:51:56 PM
Location:  Ringoes, NJ
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BRW M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  268   Comments: 2
BRW M55
Title:  BRW M55
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/21/2006  Upload Date: 5/19/2022 10:33:06 PM
Location:  Ringoes, NJ
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BRW M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  170   Comments: 1
The Turtle
Title:  The Turtle
Description:  The Delaware Turtle still sits in storage at Ringoes. One day it may return to the Bel Del.
Photo Date:  4/27/2008  Upload Date: 4/27/2008 10:06:18 PM
Location:  Ringoes, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowsk•
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BDRV M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  453   Comments: 0
BDRV M-55
Title:  BDRV M-55
Description:  This hasn't run on the BR&W or the BDRV in at least two years.
Photo Date:  9/21/2008  Upload Date: 9/21/2008 6:03:34 PM
Location:  Ringoes, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BDRV M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  545   Comments: 0
Freight Train
Title:  Freight Train
Description:  Quite unusual to see a freight train this far down the line these days.
Photo Date:  9/21/2008  Upload Date: 9/21/2008 6:03:57 PM
Location:  Ringoes, NJ
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BDRV M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  601   Comments: 0
Belvidere & Delaware M-55 (1930 Brill Model 55 "Delaware Turtle" interurban)
Title:  Belvidere & Delaware M-55 (1930 Brill Model 55 "Delaware Turtle" interurban)
Description:  .
Photo Date:  6/14/2010  Upload Date: 6/15/2010 8:14:41 PM
Location:  Ringoes, NJ
Author:  Kevin Wong
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BDRV M55(Doodlebug) BDRV M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  516   Comments: 0
Belvidere & Delaware M-55 " "Delaware Turtle" (1930 Brill Model 55 interurban)
Title:  Belvidere & Delaware M-55 " "Delaware Turtle" (1930 Brill Model 55 interurban)
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/14/2010  Upload Date: 6/15/2010 8:17:54 PM
Location:  Ringoes, NJ
Author:  Kevin Wong
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BDRV M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  858   Comments: 0
"Delaware Turtle" Belvidere & Delaware M-55 (1930 Brill Model 55 interurban) interior
Title:  "Delaware Turtle" Belvidere & Delaware M-55 (1930 Brill Model 55 interurban) interior
Description:  Baggage/freight compartment in foreground.
Photo Date:  6/14/2010  Upload Date: 6/15/2010 8:18:36 PM
Location:  Ringoes, NJ
Author:  Kevin Wong
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BDRV M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  750   Comments: 0
BDRV M55
Title:  BDRV M55
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/12/2017  Upload Date: 8/13/2017 1:13:58 PM
Location:  Ringoes, NJ
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BDRV M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  356   Comments: 0
AZER M55
Title:  AZER M55
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/13/2018  Upload Date: 2/23/2020 8:26:24 AM
Location:  Ringoes, NJ
Author:  Mike Boyer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AZER M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  198   Comments: 0
AZER M55
Title:  AZER M55
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/13/2018  Upload Date: 2/23/2020 8:30:00 AM
Location:  Ringoes, NJ
Author:  Mike Boyer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AZER M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  247   Comments: 0
Belvidere & Delaware M-55 "Delaware Turtle" (1930 Brill Interurban)
Title:  Belvidere & Delaware M-55 "Delaware Turtle" (1930 Brill Interurban)
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/18/2018  Upload Date: 11/15/2018 5:59:40 PM
Location:  Ringoes, NJ
Author:  Kevin Wong
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BDRV M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  361   Comments: 0
Action in Boyerstown
Title:  Action in Boyerstown
Description:  The two Colebrookdale geeps idle in Boyerstown
Photo Date:  3/19/2020  Upload Date: 4/26/2020 10:37:44 AM
Location:  Boyertown, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRR 5128(GP38-2) CRR M-55(Doodlebug) CRR 7236(GP10)
Views:  456   Comments: 0
High Hood in Boyertown
Title:  High Hood in Boyertown
Description:  Former NS GP38-2 5128 moves around in Boyertown on a dreary March day
Photo Date:  3/19/2020  Upload Date: 4/26/2020 10:38:24 AM
Location:  Boyertown, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRR 5128(GP38-2) CRR M-55(Doodlebug)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
CRR M55
Title:  CRR M55
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/2020  Upload Date: 9/5/2020 10:27:37 PM
Location:  Boyertown, PA
Author:  Kevin Painter
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRR M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  154   Comments: 0
CRR M55 & Darrel
Title:  CRR M55 & Darrel
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/2020  Upload Date: 9/5/2020 10:27:40 PM
Location:  Boyertown, PA
Author:  Kevin Painter
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRR M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  154   Comments: 0
EBGR M55
Title:  EBGR M55
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/31/2020  Upload Date: 10/31/2020 11:10:24 PM
Location:  Boyertown, PA
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EBGR M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  264   Comments: 3
EBGR M55
Title:  EBGR M55
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/31/2020  Upload Date: 10/31/2020 11:10:14 PM
Location:  Boyertown, PA
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EBGR M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  233   Comments: 2
EBGR 9
Title:  EBGR 9
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/31/2020  Upload Date: 10/31/2020 11:10:08 PM
Location:  Boyertown, PA
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EBGR 9(ML) EBGR M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  345   Comments: 3
EBGR 9, M55
Title:  EBGR 9, M55
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/31/2020  Upload Date: 10/31/2020 11:10:10 PM
Location:  Boyertown, PA
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EBGR 9(ML) EBGR M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  249   Comments: 2
EBGR M55
Title:  EBGR M55
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/7/2024  Upload Date: 12/20/2024 10:30:24 PM
Location:  Boyertown, PA
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  EBGR M55(Doodlebug)
Views:  29   Comments: 0
NYSW 61, "Doodlebug," c. 1951
Title:  NYSW 61, "Doodlebug," c. 1951
Description:  Here is a photo by Theodore B. Keer via Rail Photo Service. Caption On Reverse: "PRR gas-electric bought and seen running on the Susquehanna RR." Shown here is New York, Susquehanna, and Western Railway "Doodlebug" #61. The exact date and the location are not recorded. John S. Fisher Collection; #18 of 26.
Photo Date:  7/1/1951  Upload Date: 6/13/2022 8:02:30 AM
Location:  Cooperstown, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  NYSW 61(Doodlebug)
Views:  226   Comments: 0
UP M-69
Title:  UP M-69
Description:  Union Pacific Railroad Brill M-69 at an unknown location (see comment below, thanks John) on June 2, 1957, Kodachrome by Dick Rumbolz, Chuck Zeiler collection. The slide mount was simply marked: UP M-69 TRESTLE 6/2/57. If anyone recognizes the location, please leave a comment and I will correct this information.

Number M-69 was built by Brill in 1930 as Oregon Short Line M-69 (c/n 22866-1) and retired in May 1958. It was a Brill Model 350, weighed 57 tons, was powered by a Hall Scott 300 horsepower gasoline engine driving GE electrical equipment, and seated 70 passengers. It was retired in May 1958 and presumably scrapped. Nice trailing car, sorry, I couldn't accurately read any numbers, so I am relying on the slide mount to tell the truth.

Photo Date:  6/2/1957  Upload Date: 2/7/2015 1:47:19 PM
Location:  Luray, KS
Author:  Dick Rumbolz
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  UP M-69(Doodlebug)
Views:  2422   Comments: 3
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC MOTOR CAR
Title:  NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC MOTOR CAR
Description:  NOTE READS: "FAIRFAX LAGUNITAS LINE, ABANDONED 1934"
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 3/4/2012 10:32:03 PM
Location:  Unknown, CA
Author:  W. Wainwright
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  NWP 70(Doodlebug)
Views:  633   Comments: 1
RDG 80 Doodlebug
Title:  RDG 80 Doodlebug
Description:  Date, location unknown.
Photo Date:  1/1/1930  Upload Date: 11/22/2009 4:25:40 PM
Location:  Unknown, PA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RDG 80(Doodlebug)
Views:  3615   Comments: 1
"Trains: Stories And Pictures," Page 13, 1935
Title:  "Trains: Stories And Pictures," Page 13, 1935
Description:  Here is the photo on page 13 of a 40-page book published by Louis T. Henderson entitled "Trains: A Children's Picture Book Of Trains And Stories About Them." It was issued originally in 1935. Photo Caption: "Jack and Betty passed this rail detector car." Shown here is an exterior view of Sperry Rail Service Detector Car #115. The Tower's name and location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  8/15/1935  Upload Date: 2/19/2022 9:04:46 PM
Location:  Lewistown, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  SRS 115(Doodlebug)
Views:  240   Comments: 0
"Trains: Stories And Pictures," Page 14, 1935
Title:  "Trains: Stories And Pictures," Page 14, 1935
Description:  Here is the photo on page 14 of a 40-page book published by Louis T. Henderson entitled "Trains: A Children's Picture Book Of Trains And Stories About Them." It was issued originally in 1935. Photo Caption: "Detector car operator watching his chart." Shown here is an interior view of Sperry Rail Service Detector Car #115.
Photo Date:  8/15/1935  Upload Date: 2/19/2022 9:09:08 PM
Location:  Lewistown, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SRS 115(Doodlebug)
Views:  205   Comments: 0
Sperry Rail Service Car 136
Title:  Sperry Rail Service Car 136
Description:  Idling at Laramie was Sperry Detector Car 136. 136 was originally built as New York Central Motorcar M-11 in 1928. It was sold to Sperry in 1948 and converted to a Rail Detector Car. 136 is still in service in 2023.
Photo Date:  9/13/1964  Upload Date: 10/8/2023 2:34:36 PM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Dave Straight
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SRS 136(Doodlebug)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
Sperry Rail Service #136, c. 1970
Title:  Sperry Rail Service #136, c. 1970
Description:  SRS. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of Sperry Rail Service Detector Car #136, a "Doodlebug" built by Brill as a New York City M-11 subway car in 1928 and acquired by SRS on 19 April 1948. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  1/23/1970  Upload Date: 12/4/2021 7:34:54 AM
Location:  Bliss, ID
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  SRS 136(Doodlebug)
Views:  258   Comments: 0
SRS 136
Title:  SRS 136
Description:  SPERRY RAIL CAR E/B AT TOWNLINE. PASSING ABOVE GREENFIELD RD.
Photo Date:  3/1/1976  Upload Date: 7/26/2007 11:57:40 PM
Location:  Dearborn, MI
Author:  Mark A. Kubala
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  SRS 136(Doodlebug)
Views:  1131   Comments: 1
SRS 136
Title:  SRS 136
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/1/1997  Upload Date: 11/8/2014 10:57:29 AM
Location:  Peru, IN
Author:  Alan Gaines
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SRS 136(Doodlebug)
Views:  777   Comments: 0
Sperry doodlebug inspecting the tracks on the Poca
Title:  Sperry doodlebug inspecting the tracks on the Poca
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/23/1997  Upload Date: 8/27/2007 1:12:25 PM
Location:  Elkhorn, WV
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SRS 136(Doodlebug)
Views:  818   Comments: 0


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