| Car | LV numbers | Date & No. Built or acquired | No. on roster | Notes on Prototype | Available models & modeling notes | Prototype Photo References | ||||||
| Jul 42 |
Apr 46 |
Jan 53 |
Jul 60 |
Apr 64 |
Oct 69 |
Oct 74 |
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| Flat, 42 ft (FM) | 9801-9826 | 1913 26 |
1 9813 |
1 9813 |
1 9813 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LVRR built, steel underframe | HO: Red Caboose 2235a (9811) | |
| Flat, 42′-6″, steel, wood flr (FM) | 9827 | 3/41 1 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rebuilt from Pfaudler milk car BFIX 511? | ||
| Flat, 55′-10″, well, steel (FW) | 9951-9953 | 1913 3 |
3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LVRR built, hole cut in floor 3′ x 26′-2″ and 6′-1″ x 23′-3″ | ||
| Flat, 45 ft, well pocket (FW) | 9955 | 1958 1 |
– | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Built by General Steel Castings, April 1958 | HO: Overland brass. | 9955 (red): RMC, 8/68, p. 25 (+ plans). Bossler, p.73. |
| Flat, 57 ft, depressed (FD) | 9960, 9961 | 1953-54 2 |
– | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Built by General Steel Castings, 1953 | HO: E&P Associates brass. Wabash Valley / Red Ball white metal kit (OOP), need to add correct 6 wheel trucks | 9961 (red): Bossler, p. 73 |
| Flat, 49 ft (FM) | 10000-10049 | 1950 50 |
– | – | 50 | 50 | 50 | 49 | 49 | Similar to PRR F30A & F30D | HO: Bowser | 10004 & 10038 (red): Bossler, p. 74 |
| Flat, 50 ft (FM) | 10200-10205 | 1962-63 6 |
– | – | – | – | 6 | 5 | 2 | Rebuilt from 27000-27024 series. 10201 & 10205 fitted with chains & load binders for lumber shipments. |
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| Flat, 50 ft (FC) 40’1″ IL 9’5″ IW 1’3″ IH |
11000-11174 | 1956-60 185 |
– | – | – | 150 | 153 | 0 | 0 | Converted from hoppers in series 41000-41699 for piggyback use. 11000-11059 equipped w jacks & chains; 11060-11174 equipped w ACF trailer hitch. | 11023 (red), 10/61: Eastern Penn, p. 36 | |
| Flat, 50 ft (FC) (FM in 1975) 52’2″ IL 9’7″ IW |
11300-11324 | 1959-60 25 |
– | – | – | 25 | 25 | 25 | 8 | Converted from gondolas in series 31425-31549 in early 60s for piggyback use, equipped w ACF trailer hitch. Originally built by Bethlehem steel in 1935. | 11322 (red): Bossler, p. 74 | |
| Flat cars leased by LV but carrying other reporting marks | ||||||||||||
| Flat, 60 ft (FM) | HTTX 91195-93750 |
1965-68 10 |
– | – | – | – | – | ? | Leased F60AH, F60JH. Impossible to tell from ORER which numbers in series were leased to LVRR. |
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Sources:
The Official Railway Equipment Register, April 1964, October 1969 and October 1974 (Ed Schaller collection); April 1946 (Chuck Davis collection); July 1942, January 1953 and July 1960 (Larry Grubb collection).
CNJ/LV Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment, by Craig T. Bossler, Morning Sun Books, 1994.
Lehigh Valley Freight and Passenger Equipment Rosters, by Eric A. Neubauer, Society of Freight Car Historians, 1996.
Classic Freight Cars – The Series, by John Henderson & Henry Maywald, H&M Productions, 1990s.
Model Railroading, Railmodel Journal and Railroad Model Craftsman as noted in the References column.
LV Fantasy Models – If you can’t find the car you are looking for on the prototype pages, it may be that there was no LV prototype! It may be listed on this page!