Searching for Penn Central photos to match ESMC G26 65' Gondola

[GhengisKong]

I am having a hell of a time trying to find prototype photos of any of PC's Pennsy G26 gondolas that did NOT have their fishbelly truss modified for panel track switch use in MOW service. Specifically, I want to find a photo of the prototype to EMSC's PC G26 gondola : http://esmc.com/extra/std/LargePhoto.html?02200/220301

or one like it.

Alternatively, if you have any photos of the Lehigh Valley version of the G26, I'd love to see that too.

Thanks,
       Taylor

[bbussey]

The majority of PC's G26 family of gons that wore Deepwater green were G26C.  Photos are rare of the G26 (no-suffix) in green.  We don't have any, otherwise I would post them.

Regarding the LV, while there was a reasonable amount of cars in the class, photos are even more rare than of the PC cars.  The ESM artwork was based off the railroad's standards of the time period, and partial photographic evidence.

[GhengisKong]

Thanks for the reply, Brian. I am trying to weather my PC gon fairly accurately and had a hell of a time trying to find any pics of either road.

[bbussey]

I would use the photos of any PC gondola as a guide.  They all tended to not see maintenance or cleaning on a regular basis.