Highlights

The ore jenny had both scan tags and AEI tags. They were removed to get back to the as-built appearance dating to Febuary 1960.

We also had to free up some of the poke holes (seen below) so they would swing open. The poke holes are a unique feature only seen on the G38s. They made it possible for a worker to use a steam lance to thaw the frozen Taconite pellets, thus allowing them to unload.


  




Project PRR 15555 G38


Because the G38 and G39 ore jennies were rotary dumped to unload, they were uncoupled and then rolled or pushed into position. Sometimes, heavy equipment was used to push the cars, resulting in significant damage to the ladders. As you can see below, this car's ladders all had to be repaired.

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The angle iron used to make the repairs is an uncommon size (one and three quarters of an inch). As it turns out, that is the same dimension of the ladders on the X31a, built 34 years earlier -- a testament to PRR's standardization!