Many Separately Applied Details Including Hand Grabs
Body Composition: ABS
Chassis Composition: Die Cast Metal
Length: 7.5"
Couplers: (2) Kadee Compatible
Compatible Tracks: Code 70, 83, 100 Rail
Recommended Minimum Radius: 14"
A total of 300 cars were built by the PRR at
Altoona between July 17, 1948, and October 11, 1948, in number series
253500-253799. Welded construction was used for both the superstructure and the
underframe. The material was high tensile steel. The cars had a plain welded
roof and 14 roof hatches, each with 3' by 3' opening. The metal running boards
were Apex Tri-Lok. There were four bulkheads, creating five bays, each having
two hopper openings measuring 13" by 24". The hopper bottom mechanism was
furnished by Enterprise Railway Equipment Co. The horizontal sliding doors were
hand operated, using a rack and pinion. The trucks were Class 2E-F22A, made by
American Steel Foundries with Type A-3 Ride Control. The couplers were Type "E"
with Imperial rotary bottom operated uncoupling devices.
There were four PRR paint and lettering schemes on
this car. First was the Circle Keystone (CK) as delivered in Freight Car Color
(FCC) with white lettering. Second, some shopped cars received the gray body
color with the CK scheme in black. Third, some had the Shadow Keystone (SK) with
gray body color with black lettering. And lastly, the Plain Keystone (PK) scheme
with gray body color with black lettering was also used.
In addition to the PRR schemes, they were also
painted in both Penn Central (gray and green) and Conrail (gray and red)
schemes.
