Peter's Model Railroading | The PRR Chartiers Branch | Equipment
GLd
PRR Class:
GLd
Purpose:
hopper
Built:
1919
Total Built:
300
Length:
31'11"
Width:
10'3"
Weight:
38,000lbs
Load:
100,000lbs
Color:
Tuscan (freight-car red)
Trucks:
?
(source: from my collection)
Note that any resemblance to the GLa, for example, are co-incidental, because these were the only USRA hopper cars the PRR owned. In other words, they were not modified GL or GLa cars. They went straight to the PRR-owned Long Island Railroad, but during October 1929 the cars became PRR road numbers 220000 through 220299.