1954 Freight Car Roster, as of October 1, 1954, from the January 1955 edition of the Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER). Broken down by major class, with charts, and references to available HO and N scale models.
1954, January, Official Railway Equipment Register. (Pennsylvania Railroad pages only.) Courtesy of Jerry Britton.
I am still gathering definitive information, but freight schedules were initially published through General Order 234-B. An "Appendix" to the same document contained local freight schedules and were commonly issued on a regional basis. In later years, the "Through Freight Train Schedules Between Principal Points" document appears. It seems to be an abridged version of the 234-B and does not contain any local freight service information.
1931, May 1, General Notice 234-B, Scheduled Freight Train Service (PDF). Courtesy of Pat McKinney.
1952, February 1, Through Freight Train Schedules Between Principal Points (PDF).
1954, December 23, Through Freight Train Schedules Between Principal Points (PDF).
1955, December 15, Through Freight Train Schedules Between Principal Points on Randy Williamson's site.
1955, December 15, Appendix to General Notice 234-B on Randy Williamson's site.
1959, December 31, Through Freight Train Schedules Between Principal Points on Mark Bej's site.
Overview of Paint Schemes Used on PRR Freight Equipment
Brochure: QUICK FACTS about the New Highway Trailer Service. June 1954. Courtesy of Jerry Britton.
Overview of Pennsy TrucTrain Service.
Photos of an existing TrucTrain Trailer that Hank Mummert found in Virginia.
TrucTrain Trailer photos from John Caples.
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