" ...And Justice For All. "

G83 G87 GS1 G85R G86R G88R G89R G90R G91R G93R G98R G100R G101R G109 G113
NS Coal Gondola Index NS Index Contemporary Freight Cars Index Photo Index

Norfolk Southern Class GS-1 Gondolas

NS Class GS-1 gondolas fall into the series NS 11000-11749. They were renumbered from the Southern series 1000-1749 in the early '90s. Built in 1960 by Pullman Standard, these cars were the first aluminum bodied gondolas ever built specifically for unit coal train service. They quickly earned the nickname "Silversides", before the bare aluminum faded so dramatically.

These cars dutifully carried coal for over forty years, but most if not all have recently been sold off by Norfolk Southern to an unknown fate.

The April 2004 issue of Mainline Modeler magazine contains a James Kinkaid article with drawings and P-S builders photos of these cars in their original Southern livery.

NS 11092
NS 11092
NS 11092 NS 11092 NS 11092 		NS 11092 at Bluefield, WV on 29 September 2002.

NS 11223
NS 11223
NS 11223 NS 1124x 		Overhead views of NS 11223 and another car at Bluefield, WV on 29 September 2002.

NS 11267
NS 11267 NS 11267 at Bluefield, WV on 29 September 2002. This is one of the cars that received an extra horizontal stiffening rib on the car side.

NS 11340
NS 11340 NS 11340 at Bluefield, WV on 29 September 2002.

NS 11409
NS 11409 NS 11409 at Bluefield, WV on 29 September 2002.

NS 11590
NS 11590 NS 11590 was westbound at Montgomery, VA on 25 March 2000.


G83 G87 GS1 G85R G86R G88R G89R G90R G91R G93R G98R G100R G101R G109 G113
NS Coal Gondola Index NS Index Contemporary Freight Cars Index Photo Index

Joe Shaw -- joeshaw@krunk.org
Last update: Wednesday, 12-Sep-2007 20:52:44 EDT