PRR Class GV gondolas
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No description for this class is available yet. Sorry. Would you like to write one?
Some stats:
| Class | GVx |
| Diagram? | yes |
| Model | - |
| Comments | coke car |
| Capcy | 60,000 |
| Weight | ? |
| Capcy box | 1,093 |
| Capcy heap | 233 |
| Sides | wood |
| Floor | wood |
| Ends | fixed |
| Sill | straight |
| Underframe | truss rod |
| I.L. | 33' 0" |
| I.W. | 9' 5" |
| Truck center | 24' 0" |
| length over strikers | 35' 7" |
| coupled length | ? |
| panels | ? |
| height | 17' 6" |
| width extreme | 10' 3-1/2"
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Cars on the PRR roster (as listed in the Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER)):
There were no members of class GV on the PRR freight interchange roster in 1944, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1958,1963, or 1968.
Photos in print:
| Class | Publication | Page | Car No | Scheme | Location | Date | Comments |
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| GV | Keystone Vol 35, #1 | 51 | K.C.&C. 1587 | - | - | - | 3/4 and end views |
| GV | Keystone Vol 35, #1 | 53 | C&CC&C 1001 | - | - | - | 3/4 view |
Equipment Diagrams online:
| Class(es) | tracing # | View |
| GV | - | elevation |
| GVx | E-63954 | elevation |
Plans and diagrams in print:
| Applicable Classes | Type | Publication | Page | Description | Tracing Number |
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| GV | Class Diagram | Keystone Vol. 35, No. 1 | 51 |
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| GV | General Arrangement | Keystone Vol. 35, No. 1 | 54 |
| C18930-C |
| GV | Lettering Diagram | Keystone Vol. 35, No. 1 | 52 | Clearfield & Cambria Coal & Coke Co. | 21946-B
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| GVX | Class Diagram | Keystone Vol 19, No. 1 | 30 |
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| GVX | Class Diagram | PRR Pass. & Frt. Car Diagrams | 91 |
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References:
- KEY 3/86 - Wooden Gondola Cars of the Pennsylvania System (Fischer, Ian)
history, photos, arrangements, plans, roster, bibliography
- KEY 3/02 - The Missing Link-GV Steel Hopper Cars, A forgotten Class (Berg, Rich)
History, photos, roster, etc..
