Re: PRR BOXCAR TRIANGLES (UNCLASSIFIED)
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Gatwood, Elden J SAD
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
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Caveats: NONE Steve; Unfortunately, that answer conflicts with a stencil explanation given for several classes of box cars and gondola cars that were designated, by the use of that small triangle, as being in segregated service. Most of those cars were leased, and as leased cars, and not owned by the RR, were not to be repaired with RR dollars, and so, were billed to the owner by a separate procedure. Also unfortunately, I have no idea if this concept started off the way you describe and then shifted (for some odd reason) to the other, but clearly gondola cars were not used for grain service, and numbers of the 600xxx series gons were stenciled with that little white triangle. Elden Gatwood
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From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Steve Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 11:08 AM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] PRR BOXCAR TRIANGLES Dear Group... While looking through the July, 1951 issue of Railroad Magazine, I found this Q&A on page 67: Q)...Several new Pennsy boxcars have a white triangle stenciled on their sides, centered between the railroad name and car number. Can you tell me what this symbol means? A)...The white triangle is a new Pennsylvania Railroad designation for a PRR Class A boxcar to be loaded with grain and other milling products, and returned to Buffalo for reloading, when empty. such cars are specially coopered to make them tight and dry for grain hauling, and they are equipped with special grain doors. If you follow "INFORMATION BOOTH" (another department in RAILROAD MAGAZINE) you already know that the New York Central marks its Buffalo grain service boxcars with a white star. Steve Vallee Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE
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