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A Teichmoeller moment
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Bruce F. Smith V.M.D., Ph.D. <smithbf@...>
I had a John Teichmoeller moment the other day. Ever since getting his
book on PRR steel hoppers, I've been ignoring the foreground of published photos (especially those diesels) and looking at car types... On page 317 of Pennsy Power III, there is a photo from 1966 of Altoon PA, with no less than 4 PRR H31c war emergency twin hoppers! Now since only 500 H31 were originally built and many had been scrapped by then, the likelihood of randomly catching 4 together has to be pretty slim! Several conclusions are possible, but the one I keep coming back to is that these cars may be headed for class repairs (unlikely) or scrap... Why else would there be 4 congregated at the same location? Happy Rails Bruce Bruce F. Smith V.M.D., Ph.D. Scott-Ritchey Research Center 334-844-5587, 334-844-5850 (fax) http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/~smithbf/ "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin __ / \ __<+--+>________________\__/___ ____________________________________ |- ______/ O O \_______ -| | __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ | | / 4999 PENNSYLVANIA 4999 \ | ||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__|| |/_____________________________\|_|____________________________________| | O--O \0 0 0 0/ O--O | 0-0-0 0-0-0
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Ted Culotta <ted@...>
Not a significant difference, but actually there were 501. H-31A, #249990
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(220842-221341 were classed H-31B) was built in early 1942 (probably a proof-of-concept, like gon #343432 and box car #119991). At any rate, it doesn't change the significance of the photo! Ted
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From: Bruce F. Smith V.M.D., Ph.D. [mailto:smithbf@...] Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 8:26 AM To: prr-talk@... Subject: [STMFC] A Teichmoeller moment I had a John Teichmoeller moment the other day. Ever since getting his book on PRR steel hoppers, I've been ignoring the foreground of published photos (especially those diesels) and looking at car types... On page 317 of Pennsy Power III, there is a photo from 1966 of Altoon PA, with no less than 4 PRR H31c war emergency twin hoppers! Now since only 500 H31 were originally built and many had been scrapped by then, the likelihood of randomly catching 4 together has to be pretty slim! Several conclusions are possible, but the one I keep coming back to is that these cars may be headed for class repairs (unlikely) or scrap... Why else would there be 4 congregated at the same location? Happy Rails Bruce Bruce F. Smith V.M.D., Ph.D. Scott-Ritchey Research Center 334-844-5587, 334-844-5850 (fax) http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/~smithbf/ "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin __ / \ __<+--+>________________\__/___ ____________________________________ |- ______/ O O \_______ -| | __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ | | / 4999 PENNSYLVANIA 4999 \ | ||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__|| |/_____________________________\|_|____________________________________| | O--O \0 0 0 0/ O--O | 0-0-0 0-0-0 To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: STMFC-unsubscribe@...
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Bruce F. Smith V.M.D., Ph.D. <smithbf@...>
Terd,
I've CC:ed this back to the group as someone else may find the data interesting...I think John indicated that the H31a was, as you suggested earlier, a "test" car. Then, they made some changes and produced the H31b. I noticed some interesting roster info on the page you suggested regarding the conversion of the composite H31b to the all steel H31c: H31b H31c 492 5 April '52 266 225 Oct '53 12 482 Oct '58 12 475 Oct '63 3 276 April '68 Sooo, the 1966 photo in PP3 is most likely a scrap line, although the reporting marks don't appear to be "whitelined" in the photo. The amazing thing is that 3 composite hoppers are still listed in 1968!!! Based on this data, I'd say Mike Brock needs one of each class <G> for his Sherman Hill layout ;^) Happy Rails Bruce Bruce: Bruce F. Smith V.M.D., Ph.D. Scott-Ritchey Research Center 334-844-5587, 334-844-5850 (fax) http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/~smithbf/ "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin __ / \ __<+--+>________________\__/___ ____________________________________ |- ______/ O O \_______ -| | __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ | | / 4999 PENNSYLVANIA 4999 \ | ||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__|| |/_____________________________\|_|____________________________________| | O--O \0 0 0 0/ O--O | 0-0-0 0-0-0
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