PRR Class GLG gondolas
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| GLa,GLg |
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No description for this class is available yet. Sorry. Would you like to write one?
Some stats:
| Class | GLg |
| Diagram? | yes |
| Comments | self clearing |
| Capcy | 100,000 |
| Weight | 39,000 |
| Capcy box | 1,683 |
| Capcy heap | 217 |
| Sides | steel |
| Floor | hopper |
| Ends | fixed |
| Sill | straight |
| Underframe | hopper bottom |
| I.L. | 30' 5" |
| I.W. | 9' 6" |
| I.H | - |
| Truck center | 22' 3" |
| length over strikers | 32' 3" |
| coupled length | 34' 9" |
| panels | 8 |
| height | 10' 0" |
| width extreme | 10' 1-3/8" |
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Types of trucks used
| Class | Car | Numbers | Truck Class | Truck Name | Qty cars: |
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| GLg | | | 2D-F8 | P.R.R.
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| Truck data is from PRR documents circa 1940's. Other truck classes may also have been used. |
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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| GLg GLa | 251000 | 251249 | HM | 250 | 250 | 249 | 244 | 174 | 11 | -
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| Roster data compiled by Rich Orr |
Equipment Diagrams online:
| Class(es) | tracing # | View |
| GLa,GLg | E-442739 | elevation |
