But hoppers built for other roads would not be Gl's or Gla's (purely a PRR class designation, the AAR used "H" for hopper classes, plus whatever specific one each railroad might use).
My point was not the really odd or even unique kinds of freight cars (say four-truck heavy duty or depressed center flatcars, or even more unusual ones) but a handful of railroad-specific types that were produced in such numbers as to be ubiquitous and interchanged all over North America. There was a very good chance of finding a wagontop or ribside in any consist of boxcars, even on a shortline (which I model) with six or eight cars in a train. I have many photo records of that. Or one of my favorites, from one of Ed Lewis's Short Line guides, of a Prattsburgh six-wheel Plymouth with a three-car train, one of which is a GLca. Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > --- In [email protected], JGG KahnSr <jacek...@...> wrote: > > Off the top of my head without digging into references, I think the real > > difference (and visible if a USRA and a GLa are put next to each > > other) is that the GLa is about a foot shorter in height. > > 8 inches shorter, for the original Gla versus the standard USRA twin. > However, Gla-type cars were built in a number of different heights for roads > other than PRR. > > > My long-standing thesis is that there are at least a half-dozen distinctive > > prototype freight cars which were routinely interchanged during the > > steam/early diesel era so many of us favor, > > Yes, but this runs the risk of becoming a parade of wackiness, while a train > of mostly boring, nondistinct cars with the occasional oddball is more true > to life. > > > And closing the circle on this, I'd agree that serious PRR modelers would > > want at least a few GLa's, but I'm not so sure the rest of us feel the same > > sense of urgency. > > Serious PRR modelers need about 50 Gla's, but most of the rest of us can get > by with one or three. > > David Thompson > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
