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Conrail Cyclopedia Gondolas: Other Conrail Classes An abused gondola. Location: Scranton, PA   7-2-05 Photo Online: December 23, 2005 CR 510545 GE51D Mark MacDougall (97K) Former Erie Lackawanna 52'6" gondola built by Greenville and sitting on the Altoona scrapline. Location: Altoona, PA   10-98 Photo Online:January 9, 2002 CR 510614 Paul Tupaczewski (73K) 52' former EL gondola with original logo still intact. Another paint-out. According my research, all of these EL gondolas had been reassigned Conrail numbers by the end of the 1980s. More prototype and modeling information is needed about this class of gondola. Location: Wyomissing, PA   8-96 Series: CR 531885-531888 Photo Online: July 7, 1998 CR 531885 Bob Waller (48K) Former PRR 385212. More prototype and modeling information is needed about this class of gondola. Location: Allentown, PA   1998 Photo Online: February 15, 1999 CR 533797 G36M Lon Godshall (49K) 52' gondola hauling trusses. More prototype and modeling information is needed about this class of gondola. Location: Comminupaw (Jersey City, NJ)   10-91 Series: CR 533930-533976 Photo Online: September 5, 1998 CR 533966 G36M John McCluskey (36K) The yellow container frames are loaded onto a car behind the gondola, not in the gondola itself. More prototype and modeling information is needed about this class of gondola. Location: Abrams, PA   1994 Photo Online:October 16, 2001 CR 564002 120G John Almeida (72K) Unfortunately, there are no available models of this class in any scale. Location: Abrams, PA   1994 Photo Online:October 16, 2001 CR 564757 G43B John Almeida (52K) Compare this gondola to the CR 577566 below. This car has plating on the sides, with the marks and logo painted on. The name next to the logo is "ENOLA." More prototype and modeling information is needed about this class of gondola. Location: Bethlehem, PA   8-98 Photo Online: February 15, 1999 CR 576498 G43A Lon Godshall (45K) Unfortunately, there are no available models of this class in any scale. Location: Abrams, PA   1994 Photo Online:October 16, 2001 CR 577235 G43A John Ameida (57K) Former Erie Lackawanna 44428 sitting in the scrapline. Location: Altoona, PA   10-98 Photo Online:January 9, 2002 CR 565568 GE52H Paul Tupaczewski (65K) 52' gondola hauling scrap steel. More prototype and modeling information is needed about this class of gondola. Location: CP Belt (Reading, PA)   2-97 Series: CR 576000-578149 Photo Online: July 7, 1998 CR 577566 G43A Bob Waller (59K) Unfortunately, there are no available models of this class in any scale. Location: Abrams, PA   1994 Photo Online:October 16, 2001 CR 578893 G43C John Almeida (60K) A great shot showing the interesting car sides of the G43C. Location: Macungie, PA   8-17-05 Photo Online: December 23, 2005 CR 578919 G43C Mark MacDougall (72K) Not sure what class this is. Location: Allentown, PA   9-5-05 Photo Online: December 23, 2005 CR 581823 Mark MacDougall (83K) Possibly a class G43D. These are modern rebodies from G43's. Unfortunately, there are no available models of this class in any scale. Location: Abrams, PA   1994 Photo Online:October 16, 2001 CR 582242 G43C John Almeida (60K) More modeling information is needed about this class of gondolas. Location: Abrams, PA   1994 Photo Online:October 16, 2001 CR 583268 G43C John Almieda (35K) More prototype and modeling information is needed about this class of gondola. Location: Allentown, PA   1998 Photo Online: February 15, 1999 CR 583800 120G Lon Godshall (54K) 52' gondola carrying an interesting load. More prototype and modeling information is needed about this class of gondola. Location: Communipaw (Jersey City, NJ)   10-91 Series: CR 583785-583849 Photo Online: September 5, 1998 CR 583840 120G John McCluskey (37K) Conrail purchased these Berwick gondolas in 1990 from the SBRR but did not assign them a class. Notice the black paint and the chalk markings on the car. More modeling information is needed about this class of gondola. Location: Abrams, PA   1994 Photo Online:October 16, 2001 CR 584965 John Almeida (40K) These are former DTI gons and are stenciled such in the upper right corner. Location: Bound Brook, NJ   1-18-03 Photo Online:March 28, 2003 CR 585054 GN52A Cory Rothlisberger (97K) Contrary to popular belief, Conrail did not paint these gondolas blue. Instead, Conrail purchased these cars from the Cape Brenton & Central Nova Scotia Railroad and restenciled them 'CR.' Keith Burkey discovered this while examining the cars. The former CB&CNS markings are quite evident under the paint-out area. (Just when we thought we finally had a prototype to match all our old blue Conrail Life-Like gondolas! Oh well...) Sometimes the cars will have a sticker on the side that reads "Provided by a Railtex Feeder Railroad," while other cars have this sticker removed as does the 585581 below. No class markings on any car, as per practice on new CR equipment this year. Location: CP Rochester (Rochester, PA)   5-24-98 Photo Online: July 10, 1998 CR 585519 Keith Burkey (85K) Blue gon without the Railtex sticker. Location: Blairsville, PA   7-10-98 Photo Online: July 31, 1998 CR 585524 Rick Topeka (86K) This blue gon lacks the Railtex sticker found on some other cars. We don't know which company removed it, or when it was removed. Location: CP Rochester (Rochester, PA)   5-24-98 Photo Online: July 10, 1998 CR 585581 Keith Burkey (71K) Trinity built (2-98) gondola destined for CSX after the acquisition. CSX will be getting the new Conrail Trinity gondolas that are painted black, while Norfolk Southern will be getting the Conrail Trinity gondolas that are painted brown. Location: Bethlehem, PA   8-98 Photo Online: February 15, 1999 CR 585801 Lon Godshall (42K) Trinity gondola. Location: CP Works (Altoona, PA)   3-15-98 Photo Online: May 12, 1998 CR 585834 Keith Burkey (75K) Trinity hazardous material gondola. This shot shows the sealed cover. Location:   1999 Photo Online: February 20, 1999 CR 585862 J. Gontero (35K) Not sure what class this car is. Location: Scranton, PA   12-2-05 Photo Online: December 23, 2005 CR 587068 Mark MacDougall (105K) This gon and the two below were purchased by Conrail sometime after 1991, though I don't know when without seeing a lube plate. Location: CP Belt (Reading, PA)   9-97 Photo Online: May 9, 1998 CR 587382 Bob Waller (98K) Modern rebodied gondolas from G47 class cars. The load is slab steel. More modeling information is needed about this class of gondolas. Location: Abrams, PA   1994 Photo Online:October 16, 2001 CR 587921 G52N John Almeida (91K) Not sure what class this car is. Location: Allentown, PA   9-5-05 Photo Online: December 23, 2005 CR 588563 Mark MacDougall (87K) Lon believes this to be a former Buffalo Creek Southern car restenciled with CR. More prototype and modeling information is needed about this class of gondola. Location: Allentown, PA   1998 Photo Online: February 15, 1999 CR 589015 Lon Godshall (51K) Rob had been seeing these freshly painted black Conrail gondolas operating in steel slab service out of South Philly. These are former Norfolk & Western cars and are still being run today on NS. More prototype and modeling information is needed about this class of gondola. Location: Phoenixville, PA   5-99 Photo Online: July 31, 1999 CR 589033 Robert Russell (62K) Lon provides this photo as historical certification that the CR 596000 series of gondolas are of MoPac origin. Former MP 650118; the marks can be seen on the side of the car. They look like PRR class G44 cars. More modeling information is needed about this class of gondola. Location: Allentown, PA   1998 Photo Online: February 15, 1999 CR 596003 Lon Godshall (36K) More modeling information is needed about this class of gondola. Location: Allentown, PA   1998 Photo Online: February 15, 1999 CR 596007 Lon Godshall (47K) A former green Penn Central gondola with only oxide bands where the marks and logo go. More prototype and modeling information is needed about this class of gondola. Location: CP Belt (Reading, PA)   8-98 Photo Online: February 15, 1999 CR 598186 G44A Lon Godshall (61K) Hauling scrap steel. Location: Bellows Falls, VT   7-94 Photo Online: May 29, 2004 CR 598704 Tim Stevens (118K) More prototype and modeling information is needed about this class of gondola. Location: Alburtis, PA   8-98 Photo Online: February 15, 1999 CR 598915 G46 Lon Godshall (58K) Taken on a scrap steel train. Location: Marion, OH   2005 Photo Online: January 31, 2006 CR 609179 Chris Crook (113K) Copyright (c) 1998-2009 Robert S. Waller. All rights reserved. Photos for personal use only. All rights reserved by original owner of image. Reproduction or redistribution in any form without express written permission is prohibited.