Peter's Model Railroading | The PRR Chartiers Branch | Equipment
H22
PRR Class:
H22
Purpose:
coke or coal hopper
Built:
1912 through 1913
Total Built:
4,500
Length:
42'
Width:
10'1"
Load:
2,508cuft
Color:
Tuscan (freight-car red)
Trucks:
2D-F1 archbar, or 2D-F8
These were designed at the same time as the H21 class. Therefore, they have a lot of the same features, and near-identical construction. They were initially intended to be used for coke transport, which included side panels that could be lowered to handle the various for-gondola-designed loading facilities. As those disappeared, all but about 1,500 were rebuilt with fixed side panels, to look and act more like the H21 cars. The old-style bay doors were starting to be replaced with saw-tooth bays in 1926 and conversion was slow. This increased capacity to 2,833cuft. Most cars were eventually converted to H21 class, and all were gone from the roster by 1949.
References
- The PRRT&HS Pennsylvania Railroad Steel Open Hopper Cars book, chapter 4, covers this hopper