P&WV Era Photos
This page will include images from the P&WV, The Nickel Plate Road, The Western Maryland Railway and our short line connectors The Donora Southern, The Monessen Southwestern Railway, Montour Railroad and Union RR

 

August 2005 Historic Update

Piggybacks: Part 1 of the P&WV Freight Car Series

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The development of this new type car enables the railroad to compete more effectively with motor carriers for this type of steel tonnage. The car is still on an experimental basis and is being carefully tested. When proved satisfactory, we will equip sufficient additional cars to meet our requirements. (233kb) Detail closeup of P&WV Trailer T-2 and Flat Car 1051. Lacquer detcals logos 24 inch diameter, black on red, appear on the back doors of 32 foot Fruehauf Highway Trailers in Piggy service. Also spelled out, THE PITTSBURGH & WEST VIRGINIA RWY. CO. on the sides of the van in red on white aluminum trailer sheet. Flat cars #1050 - #1056 and #1061 - #1062 equipped with jacks and tie down anchors for Piggyback Service in 1/55 and designated FC. (267kb) P&WV Flat Car #1053 with WM Trailer L-52 at Reding Pa. 3/18/57 (1,504kb) Deck of P&WV flat car #1053 and front view of WM trailer L-52. Note the Reading Trailer to the far right. (382kb)
End view of P&WV flat car #1053 and WM trailer L-52. 3/18/57 (354kb) Nickel Plate Trailer with original color and lettering scheme. Sep 73. (107kb) P&WV publicity photo. NKP trailer and flat car, WM trailer and flat car and P&WV trailer and flat car. A number of each of these railroads place these cars in pool service on the Alphabet Route. Cars and trailers were all interchangable and were most often found in mis-matched combinations. For example, WM trailer on a P&WV flat car as in the previous photo. 1955 (173kb) P&WV trailer T-3 on P&WV flat car #1052 at Oak. Circa 1957. D.M. photo. (139kb)
Top Photo: P&WV west bound leaving Connelsville, Pa on the long viaduct. Note the block of Alphabet Route Piggyback cars on the head - end. 2/57. Bottom Photo: Another west bound AJ heads over the Parkway West Bridge with a string of Alphabet Route Piggyback cars. Cica mid 1950's (321kb)