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Pennsylvania Railroad Gondolas
Authors:
Al Buchan & Elden Gatwood
Publisher:
PRRT&HS
Published:
2011
ISBN:
978-0-9762831-5-7
Pages:
156
Type:
softbound
This book covers all of the PRR's gondolas, and includes descriptive texts, photos, and drawings.
Chapter
Page
Title / Description
1
7
Introduction
This chapter covers the general descriptions of various topics. PRR fleet sizes and number of cars in service. PRR and subsidiary freight cars. PRR system class and the AAR mechanical designations. PRR gondola car overview. Gondola construction. Side dump gondolas. Coke service gondolas. Iron-ore service gondolas. Passenger service gondolas. Convertible gondolas. Container gondolas. Composite gondola cars. Reinforced concrete gondolas. The development of the covered gondola. Narrow-gauge gondolas. Gondolas in operations. The chapter concludes with a tabular listing of the GA through GZ classes and their specifications.
2
22
GA to G44
This chapter covers each of these cars in great detail, with photos, diagrams, and data. Covered are the classes GA through GZ, and the numeric classes, G1, G21 through
3
144
Work Equipment Gondolas
Gondolas were converted for use in maintenance-of-way service. This short chapter is mostly a collection of photos of converted cars with their captions.