PRR Class F39 - 75' TrucTrain flat cars

General information:


Note, all cars were sold to Trailer Train in early 1956."Pennsylvania" was painted over and TTX markingsadded.

Cars on the PRR roster (as listed in the Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER)):

There were no members of class F39 on the PRR freight interchange roster in 1944, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1958,1963, or 1968.

Modeling Information:

Overland
F39HOOMI 3033PRR F39 Tructrain Flat Carbrass - rtr#470400-470599 Bethlehem Steel
Walthers
F39HO395375' Piggyback car-PRRplasticwrong brake wheel-can be kitbashed to make subclasses

Photos online:

Report MarkClassDescriptionLocationDatePhotographer
TTX 471108F39cBuilders Photo, side view (E21270)Altoona, PA-PRR Photo (B&W), collection of Rob Schoenberg
TTX 471108F39cBuilders Photo, 3/4 view (E21270)Altoona, PA-PRR Photo (B&W), collection of Rob Schoenberg
TTX 471108F39cBuilders Photo, end view (E21270)Altoona, PA-PRR Photo (B&W), collection of Rob Schoenberg
PRR 470833F39aunrestoredSt. Louis Museum of Transportation8/1998John Caples

Photos in print:

ClassPublicationPageCar NoSchemeLocationDateComments
F39aCars of the Pennsy57PRR 470600--7/55-
F39aPennsy Power 3414PRR 470428---w/ placard

Equipment Diagrams online:

Class(es)tracing #View
F39,F39aD-457352elevation
F39a,F39bD-457352elevation
F39cD-457352elevation

Plans and diagrams in print:

Applicable ClassesTypePublicationPageDescriptionTracing Number
F39,F39bArrangement of LetteringPRR Compendium Vol 1104Shadow Key - F39, F39b shown
F39aPlanMainline Modeler-7/90

References:

    There is an extensive article on the PRR truck trains in the Autumn, 1992 issue of the Keystone (Vol 25, No. 3).

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