With an early April snowfall as backdrop, we see this 1961 scene just west of Orrville, OH, on the PRR's Pittsburgh-Chicago main line. Three E-units head an all-stock consist, NF-6. The letter designation stands for "Non-Feed", which means not more than 36 hours can elapse from the time of loading in Chicago to unloading in northern New Jersey. Stock traffic picked up in the 1950's, and the PRR has invested in several hundred new stock cars, rebuilt from former automobile boxcars. -Photograph and layout by Dr. Fred Ripley
