Freight Car Equipment of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad P&LE Volume 1

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By Jerry Gorzoch, Jack Polaritz & Joe Sparico

Soft Cover

80 pages

CONTENTS

The Gondola's Role in Steel Manufacturing3

The Early Years9

USRA-designed Cars17

Gondolas Over 60 Feet in Length21

Greenville-designed Gondolas25, 45

Color Photographs37

125-ton Welded Open-top Coil Gondolas50

Covered 100-ton Gondolas 56

Modern Bulkhead GondolasS9

Modern General Service Gondolas67

RailGon75

Gondolas Leased to the Montour Railroad76

Tables78

INTRODUCTION

This is the first of a series of books about the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie's freight equipment and covers a type of car that was critical to the operation of the steel industry, whose tremendous volume of traffic enabled the railroad to earn the nickname, The Little Giant. Gondola cars hauled raw materials to, moved semi-finished products between and moved finished products from the mills served by P&LE. Serving the steel industry was the heart of the P&LE's operations throughout its existence and these cars were so important to both the railroad and the industries it served that we decided to make this book the first in our series. It is primarily based on original company documentation and interviews with former P&LE officials. This was supplemented with additional information gleaned from railroad publications and interviews with historians.

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