Interchange Series
The Interchange series contains articles about railroads that interchanged with the Pennsy, including fleet statistics and paint schemes with era-appropriateness guidance. A few noteworthy or pertinent freelance model railroads are included.
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The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), also known formerly as CP Rail (reporting mark CP) between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railroad incorporated in 1881. The railroad is owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001. As of 1950, the CP owned the fourth largest fleet of box cars in North America.
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The Canadian National was formed in 1919, The railway was referred to as the Canadian National Railways (CNR) between 1918 and 1960, and as Canadian National/Canadien National (CN) from 1960 to the present. As of 1950, the CN owned the second largest fleet of box cars in North America.
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The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was a transcontinental railroad that operated across the northern tier of the western United States, from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest. The NP merged with other lines in 1970 to form the Burlington Northern Railroad, which became BNSF Railway in 1996.
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Pacific Fruit Express (reporting mark PFE) was an American railroad refrigerator car leasing company that at one point was the largest refrigerator car operator in the world.
The company was founded on December 7, 1906 as a joint venture between the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads. It began operation on October 1, 1907, with a fleet of 6,600 refrigerator cars built by the American Car and Foundry Company (ACF). The company was founded on December 7, 1906 as a joint venture between the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads. It began operation on October 1, 1907, with a fleet of 6,600 refrigerator cars built by the American Car and Foundry Company (ACF).
In 1923, the Western Pacific Railroad joined the venture by leasing its own new fleet of 2775 reefers to PFE. They were painted in standard PFE colors with only WP heralds on the cars instead of the paired UP-SP markings. The WP cars were all retired by the late 1950s, among the last wooden reefers in PFE's fleet. WP ended its partnership with PFE in late 1967 and joined Fruit Growers Express instead.
PFE's assets were divided between the UP and SP when the company was split on April 1, 1978. It is now a UP subsidiary.
Read more: Interchange: Pacific Fruit Express Express Reefers
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As of December 31, 1950, the following quantities of gondolas were rostered in North America, according to the Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER). These "Top 22" owners represented more than 80 percent of the total.
| Railroad | Gondola Cars | Models1 | |
| PRR | 38,327 | Bowser Tangent Scale Models |
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| NYC | 20,861 | InterMountain Walthers |
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| B&O | 14,016 | Walthers | |
| SP, T&NO | 12,347 | InterMountain | |
| MILW | 11,333 | Walthers | |
| L&N | 11,400 | ||
| ATSF | 10,596 | InterMountain Walthers |
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| P&LE | 10,096 | Walthers | |
| SOU | 9,180 | InterMountain | |
| CB&Q | 8,881 | InterMountain | |
| MP Lines | 7,225 | InterMountain | |
| C&O | 7,202 | InterMountain | |
| RDG | 6,857 | Walthers | |
| NKP, W&LE | 6,833 | Walthers | |
| IC | 6,740 | ||
| N&W | 6,360 | ||
| RI | 5,616 | Walthers | |
| EJ&E | 5,444 | Walthers | |
| UP | 5,434 | ||
| ACL | 5,308 | ||
| SLSF | 5,231 | ||
| D&RGW | 5,032 | Walthers | |
| 1Does not reflect "Craftsman" level models, which are available for almost any road. Such models are offered by Funaro & Camerlengo, Westerfield Models, and Sunshine. |
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As of December 31, 1950, the following quantities of hoppers were rostered in North America, according to the Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER). These "Top 20" owners represented 80 percent of the total.
| Railroad | Hopper Cars | Models1 | |
| PRR | 80,809 | Bowser | |
| C&O | 52,145 | InterMountain Walthers |
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| B&O | 47,887 | Broadway Limited Imports InterMountain Walthers |
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| NYC | 42,008 | ||
| N&W | 41,252 | ||
| L&N | 34,831 | Walthers | |
| IC | 21,727 | Walthers | |
| RDG | 17,115 | ||
| VGN | 13,962 | ||
| SOU | 13,615 | Walthers | |
| DM&IR | 13,084 | ||
| MP Lines | 11,652 | ||
| P&LE | 10,910 | ||
| WM | 9,603 | Walthers | |
| B&LE | 9,378 | ||
| CB&Q | 9,177 | ||
| NKP | 9,033 | InterMountain | |
| GN | 9,016 | ||
| Erie | 8,613 | InterMountain | |
| CNJ & CRP | 7,117 | ||
| 1Does not reflect "Craftsman" level models, which are available for almost any road. Such models are offered by Funaro & Camerlengo, Westerfield Models, and Sunshine. |
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As of December 31, 1950, the following quantities of flat cars were rostered in North America, according to the Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER). These "Top 16" owners represented more than 75 percent of the total.
| Railroad | Flat Cars | Models1 | |
| SP, T&NO | 8,439 | ||
| MILW | 5,296 | ||
| NP | 4,779 | Red Caboose (via InterMountain) | |
| SOU | 4,133 | ||
| C&NW | 3,560 | ||
| PRR | 3,381 | Bowser | |
| ACL | 2,861 | ||
| SAL | 2,789 | ||
| UP | 2,726 | Red Caboose (via InterMountain) Walthers |
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| GN | 2,576 | Red Caboose (via InterMountain) | |
| ATSF | 2,332 | InterMountain Red Caboose (via InterMountain) |
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| NYC | 1,901 | Red Caboose (via InterMountain) | |
| D&RGW | 1,705 | Red Caboose (via InterMountain) | |
| RI | 1,658 | Walthers | |
| L&N | 1,653 | ||
| CB&Q | 1,642 | ||
| 1Does not reflect "Craftsman" level models, which are available for almost any road. Such models are offered by Funaro & Camerlengo, Westerfield Models, and Sunshine. |
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As of December 31, 1950, the following quantities of box cars were rostered in North America, according to the Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER):
Read more: Interchange: Ownership of Box Cars by Class I Railroads in 1950
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Berwind Corporation (also known as Berwind-White Coal Mining Company) is a large privately held American corporation historically involved in the coal industry.
The Company was first formed as a partnership of Edward Julius Berwind, Charles Berwind, and Congressman Allison White and upon White's death became known as Berwind White Company in 1886. The company was one of the largest producers of coal at the turn of the twentieth century and created several towns in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, including Windber, Pennsylvania and Berwind, West Virginia, both of which were named after the company.
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The Railway Express Agency (founded as American Railway Express Agency; later, American Railway Express Inc.) was a national package delivery service that operated in the United States from 1918 to 1975. REA arranged transport and delivery via existing railroad infrastructure, much as today's UPS or DHL companies use roads and air transport. It was created through the forced consolidation of existing services into a federal near-monopoly to ensure the rapid and safe movement of parcels, money, and goods during World War I.
REA ceased operations in 1975, when its business model ceased to be viable.