[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh Railways M-25 truck

[James B. Holland]

No!

It followed 3800s which  IS  a valid number  --  didn't look at the list 
closely until later so 3900 is Not the only mistype  --  check your 
original list quoted below:::::::



Fred Schneider wrote:

> I copied the following information when I was filing drawings in the 
> library at PTM. Thought someone out there might have an interest. The 
> tabulation shows which cars in the Pittsburgh fleet used the M-25 arch 
> bar truck and what those cars weighed. There are discrepancies and I'm 
> not making any attempt to explain them.
>
> 3750s 45,000 lbs.
> 4200s 40,000 lbs.
> 4250s 40,000 lbs.
> 4300s 40,000 lbs.
> 4350s 41,000 lbs.
> 4400s 40,000 lbs. (I take this to be the ex BVT cars)
> 4700s 38,000 lbs.
> 3800s 39,000 lbs.
> 3900s 39,000 lbs.
> 5000s 43,200, 41,200 or 40,000 lbs.
> 5100s 40,500 lbs.
> 5200s 40,500 or 40,000 lbs.
> 5400s 40,000 lbs.
> 5500s 40,000 lbs.
> B300s 28,000 lbs.
>
> I'm hesitant to believe any MU car could be only 500 lbs. heavier than 
> a 5400 or 5500. I also have trouble believing the 3750s are so 
> different in weight from the 5000s but maybe so ... cross seats have 
> to weigh more than a cushion on a wooden longitudinal frame and they 
> did have dry hoppers when new.
>
> Furthermore, these weights are only approximations. If you actually 
> scale 100 cars in one series, probably no two of them will have the 
> same weight. Simply repainting a car can increase its weight by the 
> weight of the pigment ... a not insignificant amount.
>
> At any rate, anyone who wants can print and file.


Fred Schneider wrote:

> 4900s. You having trouble figuring that out?
>
> "James B. Holland" wrote:
>
>> Fred Schneider wrote:
>>
>>> 3900s 39,000 lbs.
>>
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>> Jim__Holland
>


 
Jim__Holland


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