PRR Class GH gondolas
No description for this class is available yet. Sorry. Would you like to write one?
Some stats:
Class | GH |
Diagram? | no |
Model | - |
Comments | hopper bottom |
Qty Built | <1000 |
Built | 1896- |
Capcy | 80,000 |
Weight | 31,600 |
Capcy box | 1,113 |
Capcy heap | 162 |
Sides | wood |
Floor | wood |
Ends | fixed |
Sill | straight |
Underframe | truss rod |
I.L. | 25' 6-1/2" |
I.W. | 8' 5-1/2" |
I.H | 4' 7-1/2" |
Truck center | 17' 6" |
length over strikers | 28' 0" |
coupled length | 30' 3" |
panels | 11 |
height | 8' 8-7/8" |
width extreme | 9' 11-1/2" |
Trucks | arch bar |
source
| keystone, V19#1
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Cars on the PRR roster (as listed in the Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER)):
There were no members of class GH on the PRR freight interchange roster in 1944, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1958,1963, or 1968.
Equipment Diagrams online:
Class(es) | tracing # | View |
GH | - | elevation |
Plans and diagrams in print:
Applicable Classes | Type | Publication | Page | Description | Tracing Number |
GG,GH,GN | Lettering Diagram | Keystone Vol 19, No. 1 | 18-19 | 1921
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GH | Class Diagram | Keystone Vol 19, No. 1 | 16 |
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References:
- KEY 1/86 - Wooden Gondola Cars of the Pennsylvania System (Fischer, Ian)
GA... history, photos, arrangements, plans, roster
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