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D&RGW 1950 freight consists
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<p>You might want to start with a Historical Society for that railroad and ask about scheduled trains for that time period. You may discover that trains are run from A to B in blocks containing cars specifically going there.</p><p>Example.. the PRR had a train going to Baltimore with just a block of cars for President's Street, Riverside Yards and a third block is all cars going to Alexandria Va and beyond from Philadelpha.</p><p>What the cars would LOOK like on those trains didnt matter.</p><p>Now if you are wondering about PERCENTAGEs of typcial cars, there are books I think are called "Railroad Registrys" for the different years that will probably give you exactly what your railroad had on hand for that issue.</p><p>Locomotive assignments depended on tonnage and ruling grade for an area. A PRR M1a mountain might carry 5000 tons between Philadelpha and Baltimore but will find itself cut down to 1200 tons north of Hagerstown in the hills. This is just a wild example I put together to explain tonnage. Actual numbers will be in the PRR's locomotive assignement roster for a given division.</p>
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