BEFORE the end of the present year, the Pennsylvania Railroadwill have received deliveries, from leading equipment companies, upon thelargest combined orders for steel passenger cars ever placed at one timein railroad history.
These orders include 300 standard all steel70 foot passenger coaches, 210 standard all-steel 60 foot baggage cars,20 standard all-steel 70 foot combined passenger and baggage cars, 45 all-steeltheatrical scenery cars, and 29 all-steel gas electric rail motorcars. In addition, 25 all-steel horse express cars, for the
transportation of valuable horses by express service in passenger trains,have been ordered. The very latest innovations and
| improvements in horse express car design will be embodiedin these cars, the details of their construction having been approved bynationally known owners and breeders of blooded horses. The new horse carswill be named after the famous race tracks of the country.
The total of these orders is for 629 new cars,representing an expenditure of approximately $15,000,000.
Though important in itself by reason of thenumber and cost of the cars involved, the placing of these orders assumesmuch greater significance from the fact that delivery of the new cars willmake possible the retirement of the last wooden passenger car from regularsteam |
