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According to the PRR's roster on 26 November 1943, the consist of Train #77 The Trailblazer had 14 rebuilt heavyweight passenger cars with streamlined features in total which including one PB70ER passenger baggage car, nine P70KR 56-seat coaches, one D70CR Kitchen Dormitory car with 18 berths for the staff and a D70DR full Dining car with Polaroid windows installed, one P70GSR 68-seat coach ...
[7] [36] During World War II, the PRR was often short of passenger equipment on weekends so trains of MP54 cars were used as advance sections of long-distance trains in the electrified PRR area. [ 7 ] [ 37 ] During these years, the PRR also used solid trains of MB62 and MBM62 cars to carry express from Penn Station to various locations. [ 37 ]
17 various PRR-Type mail and baggage cars No.'s 25 (steel underfame), 6403 (steel), 6428-6438 (steel), 9963-9966 (steel) Additional passenger cars were leased as needed from PRSL's parent companies, PRR and RDG, and sometimes from the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ). [3] The PRSL did not own any of the P70s that carried its name.
During the first quarter of the 20th century, the average capacity of a Pennsylvania Railroad freight car increased from 31 to 54 short tons (28 to 48 long tons; 28 to 49 t). This increased to 55 short tons (49 long tons; 50 t) in the mid-1930s and then to 56 short tons (50 long tons; 51 t) in 1945. [54]: 669
The Pennsylvania Railroad constructed the cars out of aluminum. [6] This led to significant weight savings in the prototype: 71,800 pounds (32,600 kg) compared to an expected 110,900 pounds (50,300 kg) had the Pennsylvania used steel. The car was even slightly lighter than the single-level PRR MP54s then in service. [7]
The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) ordered 61 Metroliner cars from the Budd Company in 1966 as part of a collaboration with the federal government to improve railroad service between New York, Philadelphia, and Washington. After difficulties testing the cars, PRR successor Penn Central began its eponymous Metroliner service on January 16, 1969 ...
A passenger railroad car or passenger car (American English), also called a passenger carriage, passenger coach (British English and International Union of Railways), or passenger bogie (Indian English) [1] is a railroad car that is designed to carry passengers, usually giving them space to sit on train seats.
The View series was a fleet of six sleeper-observation lounges built by Pullman-Standard for use on the Pennsylvania Railroad's passenger trains. Pullman built four in 1938 and another two in 1949 after World War II.