Philadelphia & Reading RR

NUMBER SERIES	TYPE	BUILDER & DATE	CAP.	NOTES
P&R 1-1300	Box	_	mixed	_
P&R 1301-1312	Reefer	P&R Shops 1881	20TON	23'-8" IL, Ridgeway Patent
P&R 1313-1500	Box	_	mixed	_
P&R 1501-4579	Gondola	_	_	photo 1897 (most) NG&SL Gazette Jan/Feb 1990 p.59
P&R 2119	Gun Car	1865	30TON	16 wheel, 36'-0" IL
P&R 3902	Gon	P&R Shops 8/1884?	30TON	47'-2" IL, Low side gon for bridge iron
P&R 4090	Gon	1887	50TON	12 wheel, 33'-0" IL, low side gon
P&R 4600-4749	Gondola	P&R Shops 7-8/1896?	20TON	33' IL
P&R 4901-4943	Ore	_	15TON	19'-6" IL
P&R 5301-5707	Lime	_	15TON	4 wheel, 10'-4" IL
P&R 6000-6024	Box	_	20TON	29'-5" IL, Red Line 6000-6099 in 1888 ORER
P&R 6200-6250	Box	_	15TON	29'-5" IL, Blue Line
P&R 6251-6349	Box	_	20TON	29'-5" IL, Blue Line
P&R 7001-7466	Box	_	mixed	_
P&R 7467-7478	Reefer	P&R Shops 6/1884?	20TON	28'-2" IL, Ridgeway Patent
P&R 7479-7482	Box	c1888?	mixed	_
P&R 8001-8225	Lime	P&R Shops 1866-73	15TON	8 wheel, 18'-0" IL
P&R 9601-9625	Box	_	20TON	29'-5" IL, White Line 9601-9700 in 1888 ORER
P&R 14001-14050	Box	by 1883	15TON	29'-5" IL, Canada Southern Line re# 24001-24153 by 1884
P&R 14051-14078	Box	by 1880	20TON	29'-5" IL, Canada Southern Line re# 24001-24153 by 1884
P&R 14079-14153	Box	by 1882	20TON	29'-5" IL, Canada Southern Line re# 24001-24153 by 1884
P&R 14501-14799	Stock	P&R Reading Shops 1881-1882?	mixed/20TON	27'-10" & 29'-4" IL
P&R 15001-30000	Coal	mostly P&R Shops 1852-1887	_	8 wheel, re# 1881 from 5000s, 9000s?, & others? photo 5031 Reading Freight Cars: 19th Century p.90 photo The American Railroad Freight Car p.337
P&R 24001-24153	Box	_	mixed	29'-5" IL, Nickel Plate Line ex 14001 series re# by 1884
P&R 30001-31312	Coal	1844-1846	_	4 wheel, iron clad
P&R 31501-37193	Coal	1842-1873	5.6TONS	4 wheel, wood
P&R 40001-40100	Gondola(Hopper)	1880-1882?	20TON	21'-6" IL
P&R 40101-41620	Gondola(Hopper)	Harrisburg Car 1887-88	25TON	23'-6" IL
P&R (41601-42100)	Drop Coal	_	_	in 1888 ORER but not constructed!
P&R 50001-50100	Box	_	20TON	29'-5" IL, P&R Despatch, ex ???? re# about 1886
P&R 60001-60740	Gondola(lowside)	Carlisle Mfg Co 1887-1889?	30TON	31'-8.5" IL, tube frame leased from Iron Car Co
P&R 61001-61200	Gondola(dropbottom)	Carlisle Mfg Co 1887-1889?	30TON	32'-8" IL, tube frame leased from Iron Car Co
P&R 61251-61940	Gondola(dropbottom)	Carlisle Mfg Co 1887-1889?	30TON	32'-8" IL, tube frame leased from Iron Car Co drawing P&R 61401 The American Railroad Freight Car p.571
P&R 62001-62015	Gondola(Hopper)	1889?	30TON	listed in 1888 ORER in advance of delivery
P&R O1-O69	Oil Tank&Gon	1880	_	oil tank mounted on flat or gon
P&R O101-O130	Oil Tank&Gon	P&R Shops 1881	_	oil tank mounted on flat or gon
P&R O131-O251	Oil Tank&Gon	P&R Shops 1882	_	oil tank mounted on flat or gon
Drawings: Coal Car, 10TON, 8 wheel, Reading Freight Cars: 19th Century p.11 Coal Car, 5TON, 4 wheel, Reading Freight Cars: 19th Century p.11 Box Car, 12TON, Reading Freight Cars: 19th Century p.12 >BR>Stock Car, 12TON?, Reading Freight Cars: 19th Century p.12 Gondola Car, 12TON, Reading Freight Cars: 19th Century p.13 Iron Coal Car, 4 wheel, Reading Freight Cars: 19th Century p.16 Coal Car, P&R 5031, Reading Freight Cars: 19th Century p.20 Coal Car, P&R 18835, Reading Freight Cars: 19th Century p.21 Coal Car, 16TON, Reading Freight Cars: 19th Century p.22 Box Car, 29'-5", Reading Freight Cars: 19th Century p.55 numerous diagrams, Reading Freight Cars: 19th Century Coal Car, 1884, 8 wheel, The American Railroad Freight Car p.336

Sources: 1885 ORER, 1888 ORER, Philadelphia & Reading Freight Cars: 19th Century

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