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Freight Operations

General Documents

  • 1930, May, brochure introducing Container Service (5.7 MB, PDF). Original provided by Jerry Britton.
  • 1947, August 1 Directory of Public Warehouses on the Pennsylvania Railroad and Connecting Railroads Reached By The Pennsylvania Railroad Through Reciprocal Switching Arrangements (PDF). Original provided by John Frantz.

    The Freight Roster

    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.

    Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER)

    1954, January, Official Railway Equipment Register. (Pennsylvania Railroad pages only.)

    Through Freight Train Schedules Between Principal Points

    1952 Through Freight Train Schedules Between Principal Points (8.1 MB, PDF).

    1954 Through Freight Train Schedules Between Principal Points (6.0 MB, PDF).

    1955, Dec. 15 Through Freight Train Schedules Between Principal Points on Randy Williamson's site.

    1959, Dec. 31 Through Freight Train Schedules Between Principal Points on Mark Bej's site.

    Local Arranged Freight Train Service

    1955, Dec. 15 (?) General Notice 234-B on Randy Williamson's site.

    Painting & Lettering

    Overview of Paint Schemes Used on PRR Freight Equipment

    TrucTrain Operations

    Brochure: QUICK FACTS about the New Highway Trailer Service. June 1954.

    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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