PRR Class F38 - Heavy duty flat cars
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| PRR 470246 | F38 | PRR Photo, Rail Classics coll |
PRR Class F38 - Heavy duty flat cars |
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| Class | Car | Numbers | Truck Class | Truck Name | Qty cars: |
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| F38 | 3F-F4 | ||||
| Truck data is from PRR documents circa 1940's. Other truck classes may also have been used. | |||||
| Class | Car | Number | AAR Class | PRR Oct 44 | PRR Oct 48 | PRR Apr 52 | PRR Oct 53 | PRR Oct 58 | PRR Oct 63 | PRR Apr 68 |
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| F38 | 470246 | 470247 | FM | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Roster data compiled by Rich Orr | ||||||||||
| Eastern Car Works | |||||
| F38 | HO | 4700 | F38 Heavy Duty Flat Car- Pennsylvania Railroad | plastic kit-less trucks/couplers | Haven't heard great thingsā |
| Rail Classics | |||||
| F38 | HO | R-146 | F38 Heavy Duty Flat Car FP #470246 | Brass - Rtr | also available with load |
| F38 | HO | R-145 | F38 Heavy Duty Flat Car FP #470247 | Brass - Rtr | also available with load |
| F38 | HO | R-147 | F38 Heavy Duty Flat Car UP | Brass - Rtr | also available with load |
| Report Mark | Class | Description | Location | Date | Photographer |
| PRR 42027? | F38 | Closeup of worker painting Load Limit | - | 1954 | PRR photo (B&W) from The Pennsy, Sept 1954 |
| PRR 42027? | F38 | 3/4 view with load | - | 1954 | PRR photo (B&W) from The Pennsy, Sept 1954 |
| PRR 47024? | F38 | 3F-F4 truck closeup (E20495) | unknown | - | PRR photo (B&W), from Rail Classics's site) |
| PRR 470246 | F38 | builders photo (E20502) | unknown | - | PRR photo (B&W), from Rail Classics's site) |
| PRR 470246 | F38 | builders photos, 3/4 view (E20503) | unknown | - | PRR photo (B&W), from Rail Classics's site) |
| PRR 470246-7 | F38 | with load, small photo | unknown | - | PRR photo (B&W), from Rail Classics's site) |
| Class | Publication | Page | Car No | Scheme | Location | Date | Comments |
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| F38 | Keystone Vol 35, #1 | 14 | PRR 47024? | - | - | 4/9/1954 | span bolster on shop floor |
| F38 | Keystone Vol 35, #1 | 15 | PRR 470246 | - | - | 5/1954 | 3/4 view |
| F38 | Keystone Vol 35, #1 | 15 | PRR 470246 | - | - | 5/1954 | end view |
| F38 | Keystone Vol 35, #1 | 16 | PRR 470246 | - | - | 1954 | with first load |
| Class(es) | tracing # | View |
| F38 | E-454452-A | elevation |
| Applicable Classes | Type | Publication | Page | Description | Tracing Number |
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| F38 | Arrangement of Lettering | PRR Compendium Vol 1 | 103 | Plain Key - F38 shown | |
| F38 | Class Diagram | PRR Pass. & Frt. Car Diagrams | 96 | ||
| F38 | General arrangement drawing | Keystone Vol. 35, No. 1 | 16 | From Car Builders Cyclopedia, 20th Edition, 1957, p148 |
