Welcome to
THE
Copyright 2001 – 2013 Thomas C. Madden
New with this update (1/19/2013):
Roof and underneath equipment drawings for PRR
streamstyled Betterment heavyweight
Plan 3410/A/B 12-1, Plan 3958/A 14 Section and Plan
3979A 8-1-2. See table of links below.
HEAVYWEIGHT
Plan 3584A 10-section
2-drawing room
Pullman’s records do not list the
initial assignment, but at some point the car was assigned to the
service but remained Pullman-owned until sold
to the
to Coach 1127, and it later served in MofW
service. The car is preserved today at the Orange Empire
Tom Madden photo
A
compendium of
for the railroad historian and modeler
and
Gateway
to the downloadable
Welcome to THE
The principal resource on this site is the
Additional resources have been developed and can be accessed from
the Table of Links below. These range from single page ruminations to extended
analyses. Most of these were inspired by a desire to understand how
The project, and this site, will always be works in progress. Not all of the links below are active, but material is in at least rough draft form for all of the listed topics. Other topics will be added. All CCR, CSC and DLU data has been entered in the database but corrections and augmentations are continuing. Look in the "What's New" section below for periodic updates.
Table of links
|
|
Heavyweight |
|
Rebuilt Heavyweight |
HW Pullman brake systems |
HW Pullman car ends |
|
Hobby manufacturers and vendors |
Railroad idiosyncrasies |
The Divestiture of 12/31/48 |
PRR Streamstyled Pullman roof and underneath equipment drawings |
|
Tom Madden
pullmanboss (at) yahoo (dot) com