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Bowser X33
In 1932 the PRR designed boxcars that would be specifically used for the automobile industry. To maximize capacity they used a new unique roof design, where it curved at the edge, termed a “round roof” or “wagontop”. The X32 and X33 classes were both 50 '6" cars with staggered doors. The X33 differed from the X32 in that it also had end doors. Both X32 and X33 cars were built in 1933. Then, in 1936 after some design improvements, the X32a and X33a classes were constructed. The X33 class was specifically designed for carrying finished automobiles.
Although considered large capacity when first built in 1933, line side clearance improvements made the cars obsolete, so in 1959 the PRR stripped the superstructure of 1,000 X32 and X33 subclasses cars to build their X51 class of boxcars. By April of 1968, the PRR only had less than a dozen X32/X33 cars in revenue service. (Source: www.mountvernonshops.com)
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Railworks X30
The PRR built one X30 class 70' 6" box car in Sept. 1931 for the express purpose of shipping fire equipment from the American LaFrance plant in Elmira, N.Y. It was designed to haul their longest, at the time, ladder truck from the plant to any destination on the continent. It featured double 6' Youngstown doors, an end door. As built, the lettering read "EXPERIMENTAL" but was shortly thereafter changed to "AUTOMOBILES".
This car has been produced in brass by Railworks.
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The X42 was created following WW2 when head-end mail and express traffic took off across the nation. For the PRR it was cheaper to build a boxcar with door spacing and dimensions similar to a B60 baggage car for bulk mail shipments. This unique boxcar was classed as an X42, and 10 of the 60' cars were built between August and September of 1950, series 2540-2549. Equipped with steam and signal lines like an express car, it was initially painted in the Circle Keystone Scheme used for freight. However, in a May 1951 paint & lettering diagram, the scheme was made obsolete when all X42 were repainted into a unique Tuscan Red Passenger scheme. The car sides and ends were painted Tuscan Red. The roof, underbody, and trucks were painted black. The side lettering was Gold Leaf and the end lettering was white. All 10 X42’s were later painted into the Shadow Keystone Scheme with some later receiving the Plain Keystone monogram as well. The entire fleet of 10 cars lasted into Penn Central. (Source: Mount Vernon Shops)
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Funaro & Camerlengo X28A - Available with multiple brake and door configurations.
The PRR’s X28 boxcar was developed from a combination of the evolution of lessons learned with the X25 fleet and the ARA mandate for standardized single-sheathed 50 ton boxcars. The X28 was an automobile version of the ARA boxcar, although based on a PRR design. The first 1,000 cars of the 5,000 car fleet were equipped with corrugated Youngstown doors, with the remaining 4,000 equipped with three-panel car builder doors. The X28 fleet was built during 1924 and 1926. Following development of the X31 “wagontop” boxcar in 1933 by the PRR, the X28 Automobile version was deemed obsolete and a rebuild program from 7/1933 to 7/1935 removed the double door configuration to only a single door creating the X28a. Nearly the entire X28 fleet was converted to the X28a class. By 1955, 3,500 X28a remained and by 1968, only 8 were still on the roster. (Source: www.mountvernonshops.com)
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Between 1924 and 1934, the Pennsylvania Railroad purchased or built over 30,000 of the X29 class of box cars and an additional 5,000 of the auto car variant, the X28. The X29 -- a 40' 50-ton all-steel car -- became the most ubiquitous freight car of the late steam/transition era. These cars appeared in every corner of the US and Canada.
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Number | Comments |
FREIGHT ROSTER | |
501 | Box car |
PASSENGER ROSTER | |
3 | Combine |
4 | Coach |
7 | Combine. Converted from a baggage car at Coleville. |
15 | Combine. Converted from a baggage car at Coleville. |
100 (1st) | Steam Powered Combine |
100 (2nd) | Gas Powered Coach |
NON-REVENUE ROSTER | |
100 | Plow Russell snow plow. |
101 | Caboose (photo in 1953) |
102 | Caboose (photo in 1947) Ex-Army staff car. |
103 | Caboose (photo in 1955) Evans Autorailer. |
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Number | Type | Years | Comments |
1 | 4-6-0 | 1892 - 1902 | Baldwin 1886, acquired 1892 from BRB&BE, sold 1902 to Pittsburgh Construction Co. |
2 | 4-6-0 | 1892 - 1903 | Baldwin 18??, ex-PRR class G1, acq. 1892, sold 1903. |
3 | 4-6-0 | 1893 - 1902 | Baldwin 1873 ex-PRR class G1 No. 836, acq. 1893, sold 1902 to Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad. |
4 | 2-8-0 | 1902 - 1912 | Altoona? 1883, ex-PRR class H1, acq. 1902, sold 1912 to Brownsville Construction Co. |
5 | 4-4-0 | 1902 - 1920 | Altoona 1886, ex-PRR class D7a No. 1015, acq. 1902, sold 1920 to Kishacoquillas Valley RR. |
6 | 2-8-0 | 1903 - 1910 | Altoona? 1882, ex-PRR class H1, acq. 1903, sold 1910. |
7 | 4-4-0 | 1904 - 1905 | ????, acq. 1904, exchanged for No. 8, 1905. |
8 | 4-4-0 | 1905 - 1912 | Baldwin 1883, ex-Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac, acq. 1905, sold 1912. |
9 | 2-8-0 | 1910 - 1936 | Altoona 1888, ex-PRR class H3 No. 4159, acq. 1910, scrapped 1936. |
10 | 2-8-0 | 1910 - 1928 | Altoona 1889, ex-PRR class H3 No. 1759, acq. 1910, retired 1926, scrapped 1928. |
11 | 2-8-0 | 1912 - 1928 | Altoona 1891, ex-PRR class H3 No. 196, acq. 1912, scrapped 1928. |
12 | 4-6-0 | 1920 - 1921 | ????. acq. 1920, sold 1921 to Louisiana & Northwestern. |
13 | 2-8-0 | 1923 - 1930 | Altoona 1888, ex-PRR class H3 No. 4158, acq. 1923, sold for scrap 1930. |
14 | 2-8-0 | 1928 - 1931 | Alco/Brooks, ??, ex-Pittsburgh Lisbon & Western No. 18 (?), acq. 1928, sold for scrap 1931. |
15 | 2-8-0 | 1929 - 1940 | Baldwin 1905, ex Lehigh & New England No. 18, acq. 1929, sold 1940 to C&PA RR. |
16 | 2-8-0 | 1930 - 1940 | Alco/R. I. 1902, ex-Detroit Toledo & Ironton No. 76, acq. 1930, sold 1940 to M&U RR. |
17 | 2-8-0 | 1930 - 1947 | Alco/R. I. 1902, ex-Detroit Toledo & Ironton No. 77, acq. 1930, scrapped 1947. |
18 | 2-8-0 | 1938 - 1947 | Richmond 1909, ex-C&O, ex-Va. Central No. 1022, acquired from dealer 1938, scrapped 1947. |
19 | 2-8-0 | 1940 - 1949 | Richmond 1906, ex-C&O, ex-Va. Central No. 901, acquired from dealer 1940, scrapped 1949. |
20 | 2-8-0 | 1946 - 1953 | Juniata,1913, ex-PRR class H9s No. 3485, purchased from PRR 1946, scrapped 1953. |
21 | 2-8-0 | 1947 - 1953 | Juniata 1908, ex-PRR class H9s No. 1691, purchased from PRR 1947, scrapped 1953. |
22 | 2-8-0 | 1949 - 1956 | Baldwin, ex-PRR class H9s No. 444, purchased from PRR 1949, scrapped 1956. |
5323 | SW9 | 1953 - 1979 | Purchased 1953 new from EMD, off roster 1979, to South Central Tennessee RR. |
5624 | SW1200 | 1956 - 1985 | Purchased 1956 new from EMD, off roster 1985, to South Central Tennessee RR. |
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Road Numbers | AAR | Description | 12/1897 | 10/1900 | 10/1907 | 9/1954 |
1-250 | 25 Ton Hopper Gondola | 200 | 108 | 0 | 0 | |
200-249 | HM | 50 Ton Steel Gondola | 0 | 0 | 47 | 1 (#202) |
251-2650 | 30 Ton Wood Hopper Gondola | 2,400 | 2,400 | 1,633 | 0 | |
2651-3150 | GN | 40 Ton Wood Hopper Gondola | 0 | 500 | 491 | 0 |
2656, 2670, 2830, 2904, 2952, 3048, 3061, 3069, 3097 | 50 Ton Steel Gondola | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
3151-3250 | 50 Ton Steel Gondola | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | |
3251-3750 | HM | 50 Ton Steel Gondola, ACF/PSC | 0 | 0 | 500 | 62 |
3752-3811 | GB | 50 Ton Steel Gondola 46', G22. Built in 1918 to Pennsy standards with drop bottom doors. Rebuilt in the late 1920s with a tight floor, running to abandonement of the railroad in March 1954. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
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