X26 - 40' 50ton single sheathed USRA boxcar 9900 builtcapcy 100,000lbs/3098 cu ft, lt. wt. 47300 lbs.3 panel 5/5/5 murphy ends7 panel superior or Youngstown Doors

Jan 28, 2024 · It converted the USRA single sheathed boxcar to a 1944 AAR design boxcsr while retaining the original 5/5/5 Murphey ends and USRA underframe. Three versions of thre X26C's rolled out of the Pennsy shop in Terra Haute, Ind., since the program spanned the years 1945-49.

After World War I, the Pennsylvania Railroad needed a lighter 2-8-2 type steam locomotive to handle lighter freight trains on the system. In 1919, 38 locomotives (GR&I 106-112 and PRR 2006-2038) were purchased while the railroad was …

The Pennsylvania Railroad 's class N2sa comprised rebuilds to PRR practice of the 130 USRA Heavy Santa Fe steam locomotives the railroad received under the auspices of the United States Railroad Administration, the nationalized central control of the nation's railroads during World War I.

Pennsylvania Railroad Class L1s were 2-8-2 "Mikado"-type steam locomotives that were used on the Pennsylvania Railroad during the early twentieth century. These 574 locomotives were manufactured between 1914 and 1919 by the railroad's own Juniata Shops (344 examples) as well as the Baldwin Locomotive Works (205) and the Lima Locomotive Works (25).

Dec 24, 2018 · Following WWI, the USRA distributed its standard railroad car types throughout the railroads of the USA after de-nationalizing the railroads. Among these designs was a 50-ton single-sheathed 40' boxcar. The PRR was the largest single recipient of this type, receiving nearly 40% of the fleet, totalling 9,900 cars.

Early version of classic mill gondola... Reminiscent of the G22, but incorporated drop ends and wood floors. A staggering 2,400 of these 65'6" mill gondolas were built — 1,700 G26 split across Altoona, Enola and Pitcairn shops and 700 G26A at Pitcairn and Altoona (25 G26A were built new for the Norfolk & Western, too.)

In the United States there are some important manufacturing company that built boxcar, and primary classification is made by themselves, using builder acronym as USRA (United States Railroads Association), PS (Pullman Standard), ACF (American Car & Foundry company).

In the mid 1920s the PRR rebuilt its USRA allocated "Santa Fe" locomotives to include a Belpaire firebox. The PRR was one of the few American railroads to use this type of firebox.

Over 22.000 units of this hopper car were delivered by the U.S.R.A. to 23 railroads. This familiar car is the most long lived and successful USRA design. Many were in still service into the "sixties" and some even into the "seventies".