Author:
Robert L. Johnson
Publisher:
PRRT&HS
Published:
2021
ISBN:
978-0-9993584-6-7
Pages:
224
Type:
softbound
This book documents the entire history of the PRR's cabin cars, with text, photos, and diagrams. The rear pocket of the book has the following PRR standard drawings in it: C-106250(NE, NEa), C-106251 (NE), A-111893, A-111895 (N6a, N6b), A-111969 (N6a, N6b), A-111923 (N6a, N6b, NEa).
Chapter
Page
Title / Description
1
7
The Early Years: Conductor's Cars and Boxcars in Cabin Car Service 1860-1871
2
13
The Standard PRR Caboose Car 1871-1884
3
25
Wider Cabin Cars, Class F 1884-1892
4
37
Longer Cabin Cars, Class NC 1892-1903
5
53
The Southwest System Goes Its Own Way: Classes NBa, NE, and NEa 1895-1913
6
70
The Northwest System Goes Its Own Way: Classes NC with High Cupola and NE 1899-1913
7
82
Steel Underframes - Class ND 1903-1913
8
97
Caboose Laws and the PRR, Classes N5, NDa, and N4 1912-1919
9
111
Caboose Laws and Lines West, Classes N6a and N6b 1913-1919
10
119
Consolidation of PRR and PLW, Classes N5, N6a, and N6b 1920-1929
11
132
Depression Years, Class N5a 1930-1939
12
149
World War II, Classes N5b, N5c, and NX23 1939-1945
13
171
Postwar Developments, Classes N5d, N5e, N8, and N5f 1945-1957
14
196
The Last PRR Decade 1958-1968
15
214
PRR Cabin Cars in the Penn Central and Conrail Years 1968-1988