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New 3-bay hoppers traveled west through Stevens Point, Wisconsin, on September 18, 2020. About 80, all in one train. (actually 100, counted by Ray R when the train went through Neenah) |
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| There's a lot of data stenciled on it, but I didn't see any info on car length. |
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| The car number is also stenciled on the truck frame. |
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Center Flow (trademark) (and I think that is made by American Car and Foundry, ACF) A Center Flow has an open space in the middle of the car, the coupler is attached to a sort stub sill beam that doesn't travel through the car and the product loading area; the pull is distributed to the 2 welded side beams. |
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| There's 3 hoppers, A, B, C. The middle holds the most. |
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| Hopper bays A and C have 1041 cubic feet capacity. The vibrator bracket is held on with 6 nuts. |
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| Like other hopper cars where men can walk on top, there is an up-side down label, 'Caution No Side Ladder' here |
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| Most of the cars have a black GATX, a few have a blue GATX |
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| shelf couplers |
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These are three-bay hoppers, not the short 2-bay sand hoppers, so all these add up to be a good length of train.
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This page was filmed and wrote on Sept 18, 2020
