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The H42 and H44 are nearly exact duplicates. The H42 is a 3510 cuft car built by American Car & Foundry around 1963 and 1964. PRR purchased their H42's during October-December 1963. The EL purchased their 25 cars in October 1964. NYC also purchased the ACF CF3510 but I don't know the dates yet.The detailed rosters below are based on a January 1977 and an October 1991 Official Railway Equipment Register and reflect those roadnames that were in service at that time. I have made every effort to check them for accuracy, though cars that were taken off roster might still appear in service several years later. Plus many errors crept into Conrail rolling stock fleet over the years. Please use these rosters only as a guide for your modeling efforts, combining them with photographic evidence.
During the early years of the railroad, as reflected in the 1977 rosters below, Conrail had higher priorities than repainting their massive freight car fleet. As a result, there were usually more freight cars still numbered and lettered for the predecessors than for Conrail. If you model these years, as I do, knowing the ratio of predecessor to Conrail lettered cars is essential if you're striving to be as prototypically accurate as possible.
At the end of every line in the rosters below is the total number of cars in that series that were lettered and numbered in that particular roadname. Often we do not know which cars these were, nor do we know if they were total repaints or simply stencil jobs. This applies primarily to Conrail and Penn Central cars since they had cars belonging to their predecessor roads.
If you compare the following series of Conrail numbered H44's (CR 884665-884843) in the 1977 roster to the same series of cars in the 1991 roster, you will notice that during the 1980s and 1990s numerous H42's were placed in it. This made creating an accurate 1991 H44 roster nearly impossible to create. Instead of making mistakes, I have opted not to include CR numbered H44's in the 1991 roster. I have also found the H44 roster published in the February 1997 Railroad Model Craftsman article is also wrong. You will need to rely on photographic evidence if you are modeling the 1980s or 1990s and wish to have H44's on your layout.
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January 1977:
Series Class Total
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CR 884577-884641 H42 1
CR 884642-884664 H42A 1
CR 884665-884843 H44 2
CR 884844-884850 H44A 0
CR 885020-885300 H44 6
EL 20000-20024 ---- 25
PC 884900-884988 H42 26
PC 884989-885018 H42A 9
PC 885019-885304 H44 102
PC 885305-885314 H44A 2
PC 885540 H44 1
PRR 260001-260089 H42 60
PRR 260091-260120 H42A 20
PRR 260121-260410 H44 168
PRR 260411-260419 H44A 7
October 1991:
Series Class Total
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CR 884560-884665 H42 6
CR 884667-884668 H42 2
CR 884672 H42 1
CR 884675 H42 1
CR 884680-884684 H42 5
CR 884689 H42 1
CR 884691 H42 1
CR 884693 H42 1
CR 884693 H42 1
CR 884700-884702 H42 3
CR 884717-884720 H42 4
CR 884723 H42 1
CR 884725 H42 1
CR 884729 H42 1
CR 884733 H42 1
CR 884741 H42 1
CR 884745 H42 1
CR 884747 H42 1
CR 884749 H42 1
CR 884753 H42 1
CR 884759 H42 1
CR 884761 H42 1
CR 884767-884768 H42 2
CR 884773-884774 H42 2
CR 884776 H42 1
CR 884779 H42 1
CR 884781-884786 H42 6
CR 884789 H42 1
CR 884789 H42 1
CR 884791 H42 1
CR 884793-884795 H42 3
CR 884797 H42 1
CR 884802-884803 H42 2
CR 884805-884806 H42 2
CR 884810-884811 H42 2
CR 884814 H42 1
CR 884816-884817 H42 2
CR 884819 H42 1
CR 884822 H42 1
CR 884826-884827 H42 2
CR 884831-884832 H42 2
CR 884836-884838 H42 3
CR 884842 H42 1
CR 885301-885311 H42 11
CR 885316 H42 1
CR 885321 H42 1
CR 885324 H42 1
CR 885328 H42 1
CR 885330 H42 1
CR 885333 H42 1
CR 885335-885336 H42 2
CR 885370 H42 1
CR 885373 H42 1
CR 885377-885378 H42 2
CR 885387-885388 H42 2
EL 20000-20024 ---- 2
PC 885237 H44 1
PRR 26001-260089 H44 3
PRR 260091-260118 H42A 1
PRR 260121-260410 H44 5
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