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Owner: Conrail
Type: Gondola
Plate:   B
CR Class:   G52L
User Notes:   CR Class G52L; SRS 1964; ex-CR 476303, exx-PRR 227603 (100-ton Hopper)

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"Makeover" (H-43 into G52L), Page 10, 1990
Title:  "Makeover" (H-43 into G52L), Page 10, 1990
Description:  Here is page one of a two-page article entitled "Makeover: Hopper Cars Get Facelift At Hollidaysburg Shop" that was published originally in the May/June 1990 issue of "Conrail Inside Track" magazine, page 10. Bottom Photo: Partially visible here is Conrail engine #6448, an SD40-2 built by GM-EMD in September of 1978 and rated at 3,000 HP. It's pulling CR G52L gondola #503030 that was built in 1964 at Samuel Rea as PRR H-43 100-ton hopper #227603 and later renumbered CR H-43 #476303.
Photo Date:  5/1/1990  Upload Date: 10/5/2023 5:47:43 PM
Location:  Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  CR 6448(SD40-2)
Views:  42   Comments: 0
"Makeover" (H-43 into G52L), Page 11, 1990
Title:  "Makeover" (H-43 into G52L), Page 11, 1990
Description:  Here is page two of a two-page article entitled "Makeover: Hopper Cars Get Facelift At Hollidaysburg Shop" that was published originally in the May/June 1990 issue of "Conrail Inside Track" magazine, page 11. Partial Caption: "The first set of rebuilt coal gondolas from Hollidaysburg were inaugurated in unit train service for Consolidation Coal Co." (Photo locations are not identified.)
Photo Date:  5/1/1990  Upload Date: 10/5/2023 5:48:29 PM
Location:  Hollidaysburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  16   Comments: 0


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