Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Volume 19 Erie 40 ton express milk cars All welded
Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Volume 19
Page 1-50 Emergency composite box cars This article is the fourth in a series of articles that cover American box car designs that were built in large quantities during the first half of the 20th Century. In this article, the author covers the single-sheathed and plywood-sheathed 40' and 50' emergency box cars constructed during World War II following restrictions imposed by the War Production Board
Page 51-60 Erie 40 ton express milk cars The author describes and illustrates the unique Erie express milk cars built during the 1930s by Greenville Steel Car Company. Also discussed and illustrated are some of the cars converted for express baggage service.
Page 61-113 Family of All-Welded 70 ton drop-end gondola cars based on PRR's Class G31 by Ed Hawkins The author covers an interesting group of subject cars first built by the Pennsylvania Railroad (Class G31) in 1948-1950, followed in the 1950s with derivatives built by American Car & Foundry and Pullman-Standard for Pennsy, Atlantic Coast Line, Birmingham Southern, Delaware & Hudson, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, Southern Pacific, Wabash, Sacramento Northern, and Western Pacific
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