Freight Operations

This index page is being rebuilt due to a boo boo at my end...which I didn't discover until after I had rotated backup tapes!

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).

Top 30 Classes (Port 8080) is an interactive database that allows you to review the top classes of cars over time, or the quantities of a specific class over time.

Arranged Freight Schedules

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

1954 Through Freight Train Schedules Between Principal Points (6.0 MB, PDF). Available exclusively via CD-ROM #4.

Related Sites:

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

Painting & Lettering

Overview of Paint Schemes Used on PRR Freight Equipment

TrucTrain Operations

Overview of Pennsy TrucTrain Service

Photos of an existing TrucTrain Trailer that Hank Mummert found in Virginia.

TrucTrain Trailer photos from John Caples.

Last modified: November 23 2007.

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