PRR Class GLCA gondolas
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| PRR 150703 | GLca | PRR Photo |
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No description for this class is available yet. Sorry. Would you like to write one?
Some stats:
| Class | GLca |
| Diagram? | yes |
| Comments | self clearing |
| Capcy | 100,000 |
| Weight | 40,100 |
| Capcy box | 1,704 |
| Capcy heap | 225 |
| Sides | steel |
| Floor | hopper |
| Ends | fixed |
| Sill | fish belly |
| Underframe | hopper bottom |
| I.L. | 31' 6-1/4" |
| I.W. | 9' 6" |
| I.H | - |
| Truck center | 23' 3" |
| length over strikers | 33' 3" |
| coupled length | 35' 9" |
| panels | 10 |
| height | 10' 0" |
| width extreme | 10' 1-1/4" |
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Cars on the PRR roster (as listed in the Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER)):
| 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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| GLca | 198001 | - | HM | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | -
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| GLca | 198013 | - | HM | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | -
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| GLca | 700991 | - | HM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | -
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| Roster data compiled by Rich Orr |
Modeling Information:
| Funaro & Camerlengo |
| GLca | HO | 8050 | PRR GLca Hopper Car ONE PIECE BODY With Decals | resin kit w/ decals | - |
| Westerfield |
| GLca | HO | 2360 | GLCA HOPPER UNDECORATED | resin kit | - |
| GLca | HO | 2361 | GLCA HOPPER PENNSYLVANIA | resin kit w/ decals | - |
| GLca | HO | 2362 | GLCA HOPPER BERWIND/PRR | resin kit w/ decals | - |
Photos online:
| Report Mark | Class | Description | Location | Date | Photographer |
| PRR 150703 | GLca | builders photo | - | - | Pennsylvania Railroad |
Photos in print:
Equipment Diagrams online:
| Class(es) | tracing # | View |
| GLca | E-426445 | elevation |
| GLca | E-426445-B | elevation |
References:
- KEY 3/12 - Buy War Bonds (Ainslie, Matt)
- RNE 2/77 - PRR Coal Goes to War lettering sketck (PRR)
lettering arrangement GLA, GLCA
- RNE 7/78 - Coal Car Equiptment-PRR (PRR)
Photo, plan, diagram, GLCA, GRA
