Makeup of the Pennsy Freight Car Fleet Over Time

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Top 30 Classes by Group and Year

Refrences for "Gone" and "New" are in relation to the "Top 30 Classes" list and is not a comment as to new or retired classes.

	11-30-1927		5-31-1932		7-31-1939		1-31-1943		4-30-1949		4-30-1955		7-31-1959		7-31-1964		10-31-1967
Hoppers	H21A	34,965	H21A	36,362	H21A	36,313	H21A	38,383	H21A	39,622	H21A	35,258	H21A	24,431	H39	9,985	H39	9,886
	GLA	30,041	GLA	29,838	GLA	25,274	GLA	25,551	GLA	25,500	GLA	25,610	GLA	15,857	H21A	9,127	H39A	6,060
	GL	19,737	GLC	18,360	GLC	12,463	GLC	8,269	GLCA	8,242	GLCA	2,634	H39	2,712	H39A	6,148	H21A	5,321
	H25	3,496	H25	5,282	H25	5,269	H25	5,261	H25	5,220	H25	2,484	H2A	2,000	H35	1,996	H43B	2,989
	H25A	2,911	H22A	3,469	H22A	3,227	H22A	1,212	H30	1,325	H30	1,325	H35	1,998	H2A	1,995	H35	1,981
	H22	1,497	H22	497	H30	700	H30	1,025					H30	1,297	H43	1,352	H43	1,971
															H30	1,291	H43A	1,496
															H37A	1,248	H37A	1,224
																	H43C	1,000
																	H30	967
SUBTOTAL	35%	93,337	35%	93,808	35%	82,546	33%	78,676	34%	73,676	36%	65,986	29%	46,998	27%	31,851	28%	31,928
			New: GLC, H22A Gone: GL, H25A		New: H30 Returns: H25A(?)				Gone: H22				New: H2A, H35, H39 Gone: GLCA, H25		New: H37A, H39A, H43 Gone: GLA		New: H43A, H43B, H43C Gone: H2A

Box Cars	XL	37,826	XL	30,815	X29	28,567	X29	27,710	X29	25,967	X29	23,060	X29	17,790	X29D	3,967	X29D	3,631
	X29	17,153	X29	25,446	X26	9,800	X26	9,774	X31A	7,250	X31A	7,195	X31A	7,127	X43B	2,935	X43B	2,862
	X26	9,366	X26	9,847	X25	9,234	X25	9,199	X26	6,637	X29B	4,475	X29B	4,405	X43C	1,464	X29B	2,570
	X25	9,333	X25	9,312	X31A	7,288	X31A	7,285	X25	6,420	X28A	3,572	X29D	4,067	X43A	1,442	X43C	1,423
	X23	6,858	X23	6,844	X23	6,803	X23	5,992	X28A	4,477	X26C	3,446	X26C	3,402	X44	1,229	X43A	1,406
	X28	4,998	X28	4,990	X28A	4,969	X28A	4,956	X26C	3,057	X43B	2,991	X43B	2,968	X29	1,016	X31A	1,215
	X25A	1,992	X25A	1,990	X25A	1,969	X38	2,091	X38	2,290	X38	1,849	X28A	2,714			X41E	1.099
	X24	1,975	X24	1,969	X31B	1,189	X25A	1,963	X29B	2,000	X43C	1,493	X41B	1,483			X58	1,076
	XLC	1,642	XLC	1,406	X31	1,149	X37B	1,499	X41B	1,499	X43A	1,492	X43C	1,482
	XLA	730	XLA	498	X32B	900	X31B	1,187	X37B	1,492	X41B	1,490	X43A	1,476
	XLH	559			X31C	809	X37	999	X25A	1,261	X37B	1,482	X37B	1,472
					X32A	700			X31B	1,184			X38	1,396
SUBTOTAL	34%	90,790	35%	93,117	31%	73,377	31%	72,655	30%	63,534	29%	52545	30%	49,782	16%	19,197	14%	15,282
			Gone: XLH		New: X28A, X31, X31A, X31B, X31C, X32A, X32B Gone: XL, XLA, XLC, X24, X28		New: X37, X37B, X38 Gone: X31, X31C, X32A, X32B		New: X26C, X29B, X41B Gone: X37		New: X37B, X43A, X43B, X43C Gone: X25, X25A, X26		New: X29D		New: X44 Gone: X26C, X28A, X29B, X31A, X37B, X38,l X41B Missing: X29B, X31A		New: X29B, X31A, X41E, X58 Gone: X29, X43A, X44

Gondolas	GSD	22,551	GS	16,134	GS	18,648	GS	25,121	GS	13,605	G31A	4,797	G31A	4,467	G31A	4,027	G31A	4,014
	GR	16,028	GR	16,099	GRA	13,941	GRA	13,882	GRA	10,846	G22	4,721	G31	2,897	G36F	2,764	G36F	2,729
	GRA	14,085	GSD	14,582	GSD	11,663	GR	8,640	G22	5,603	G27	4,488	G34	1,996	G31	2,293	G35	1,892
	GS	7,211	GRA	14,075	GR	9,316	G27	4,499	G27	4,497	G31	2,900	G31B	1,990	G34	1,992	G31B	1,813
	G22	3,997	G22	3,976	G27	4,500	G22	3,727	GR	4,352	G34	2,000	G29	1,983	G31B	1,987	G34	1,772
	GSA	2,681	G25	2,499	G22	3,827	G25	2,396	G25	2,474	G31B	1,999	G36F	1,933	G35	1,897	G36E	1,697
	G25	2,499	G22A	2,149	G25	2,438	G22A	2,144	G29	1,998	G29	1,991	G35	1,899	G36E	1,700	G31F	1,379
	G22A	2,149	G26	1,700	G22A	2,147	G29	2,000	G28	1,896	G35	1,900	G28	1,891	G32A	1,494	G31D	1,185
	GLB	690	GLB	583	G26	1,650	G28	1,899	G26	1,649	G28	1,893	G26	1,645	G28	1,287	G38	982
	GPA	676	GP	390			G26	1,650	G31	1,400	G26	1,649	G22	1,580	G27	1280	G39A	959
			G24	350							GRA	1,552	G32A	1,499	G29	1,246	G39	955
											G32A	1,499			G31D	1,194
											G25B	1,399			G39	1,000
															G39A	1,000
SUBTOTAL	27%	71,201	27%	71,546	29%	68,130	28%	65,958	23%	48,320	18%	32,788	17%	28,572	22%	25,898	17%	19,377
			New: GP, GSD, G25, G26 Gone: GSA		New: G27 Gone: GLB, GP		New: G28, G29 Gone: GSD		New: G31 Gone: G22A		New: G25B, G31A, G31B, G32A, G34, G35 Gone: GR, GS, G25		New: G36F Gone: GRA, G25B, G27		New: G27, G31D, G36E, G39, G39A Gone: G22, G26		New: G31F, G34, G38 Gone: G27, G28, G29, G31, G32A, G36E

Flat Cars	FM	3,576	FM	3,440	FM	2,040	FM	2,021	FM	1,731	F30A	1,499			F30A	1,271	F30A	1,243
					F30A	1,500	F30A	1,500	F30A	1,500
SUBTOTAL	1%	3,576	1%	3,440	1%	3,540	1%	3,521	1%	3,231	1%	1,499	1%	1,499	1%	1,271	1%	1,243
					New: F30A						Gone: FM		Missing: F30A

Stock Cars	KFA	2,228	KFA	2,302	K7A	1,390	K7A	1,421	K7A	1,409
	K8	999	K8	992	K8	992
SUBTOTAL
					New: K7A Gone: KFA		Gone: K8				Gone: K7A

TOTALS		266,264		267,466		234,268		236,838		214,799		182,014		164,587		119,494		112,881