Re: (erielack) The EL Hot 100...number 4!

[Patrick Moore <pat.moore_@_att.net>]

Paul,

Thanks for the analysis and comments!  When you say the Plh10 was second, behind the F89ch, what do you mean by that?  Second in overall number?  It could be that more Plh10 flats were assigned to service across the EL system as opposed to the F89ch flats, and that is why more showed up in the consist sheets.

I was intrigued to hear that some Plh10 flats were in Vert-A-Pac service.  Do you know what flat the Exactrail Vert-A-Pac model is supposed to represent?

- -pat
 

    On Thursday, August 3, 2017 11:48 PM, Paul Brezicki <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net> wrote:
 

 
The Plh10 was the #2 autorack flat (behind the earlier F89ch) during the EL
years. Both were P-S cars. Number series were 908680-909547, blt in several
lots from 10/68-6/69, and 800032-803274, blt in several lots from 6/69-5/74.
There were several numbering gaps totaling approx. 130 cars, some of which
represented acquisitions from other roads, giving us a total production of
approx. 3150 cars. Unlike ACF lo-deck rack flats that evolved to the split
center-sill design, the P-S lo-bowl deck cars maintained the basic
above-deck single-sill engineering of the pioneering 87' flat (TT F87) of
1960. Most cars, when new, were placed in TTKX (trilevel with hinged middle
deck) service, while others were TTBX (bilievel), TTRX (fixed trilevel),
TTSX (Stack-Pak), JTTX (special equipment), ETTX (fully enclosed trilevel)
and TTVX (Vert-a-Pak, sub-class Plh10v) service. The ETTX Plh10 and TTKX
Plh21 (covered previously as Hot #10) are important transition
configurations; the former is a lo-bowl-deck with fully-enclosed tri, while
the latter is a lo-flush-deck with open tri (albeit with rock panels). In
addition, there were several later TT variations of the Plh10:

Plh10f: former Plh10 converted to flush-deck by raising the floor for
conversion to auto-frame service

Plh10w/Plh10x: former Plh10 modified for Wide-body autorack service; most
Plh10 went through this program

Plh11w: acquired from Norfolk Southern and modified for Wide-body autorack
service

Plh15w: acquired from GTW and modified for Wide-body autorack service

This P-S design sold to several other RR's:

GTW: Bilevel

GTA: Trilevel

SSW/SP: Stac-Pac

SSW: Vert-a-Pac

CPAA: Trilevel

ATSF: Trilevel/Bilevel

IC: Vert-a-Pac

N&W: Trilevel

SOU: Vert-a-Pac

The photo link shows one of the earlier (pre-late 1970) production cars with
the brown TT scheme and Paragon trilevel rack with steam-era C&O logo and
protective rock panels.

Paul B

 

Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2017 12:42:14 +0000 (UTC)

From: Patrick Moore <pat.moore_@_att.net>

Subject: (erielack) The EL Hot 100...number 4!

 

List...

 

Our highest-ranking non-intermodal flat freight car, and highest ranking
auto rack, checks in at number four.  With 228 examples in the database,
that freight car is...

 

TTKX  800000 - 803065, an 89' flat car built by Pullman-Standard with a
tri-level auto rack, in Trailer Train class Plh10.

 

Picture...

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3122706

 

 

 

 

Locations...

Mostly mainline in Ford service from Mahwah Assembly, in Chrysler service to
MG Convoy in Pocono, PA, and GM service to F. J. Boutell in Jersey City.

 

Model...

None.

 

- - -pat

  



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