PRR Class GO gondolas
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| GO |
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No description for this class is available yet. Sorry. Would you like to write one?
Some stats:
| Class | GO |
| Diagram? | no |
| Comments | "stone flat |
| Qty Built | <500 |
| Built | 1899- |
| Capcy | 60,000 |
| Weight | 26,300 |
| Capcy box | 298 |
| Capcy heap | 223.5 |
| Sides | wood |
| Floor | wood |
| Ends | fixed |
| Sill | straight |
| Underframe | truss rod |
| I.L. | 35' 5" |
| I.W. | 9' 1" |
| I.H | 1' 0" |
| Truck center | 27' 4" |
| length over strikers | 35' 7" |
| coupled length | 40' 7-1/2" |
| panels | 7 |
| height | 5' 3-1/2" |
| 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 GO on the PRR freight interchange roster in 1944, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1958,1963, or 1968.
Equipment Diagrams online:
| Class(es) | tracing # | View |
| GO | - | elevation |
Plans and diagrams in print:
| Applicable Classes | Type | Publication | Page | Description | Tracing Number |
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| GO | Class Diagram | Keystone Vol 19, No. 1 | 34 |
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References:
- KEY 3/86 - Wooden Gondola Cars of the Pennsylvania System (Fischer, Ian)
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