This particular car, purchased new by the Chesapeake & Ohio, can handle about 102 tons. Interestingly, the classic jimmie did not immediately disappear after the hopper was born. Today, aside from the freight already mentioned the car carries flour, plastic pellets, potash (fertilizer), fishmeal, and soybeans. This particular car (which could handle just under 80 tons), owned by the Omaha, Lincoln & Beatrice, represents the 50 to 80-ton cars typically found in service during the classic era of railroading. Inwardly, the car speaks volumes on design and efficiency. Size/Capacity. As the years go by the hopper car will undoubtedly become larger and more sophisticated.
or 286,000 lbs.© Chicago Freight Car Leasing Co. All rights reserved. 3000-3250 cubic capacity; 100-110 ton capacity – 263,000-286,000 lbs. A covered hopper is a self-clearing enclosed railroad freight car with fixed roof, sides, and ends with openings for loading through the roof and bottom openings for unloading. As the hopper became larger so did the number of drop-bottom chutes it carried; from two, to three, and now today most carry four chutes (more chutes allow for faster unloading times). Covered Hoppers. Over the years, the hopper became larger and stronger (moving from wood and wood-steel construction to all-steel construction) able to haul heavier and heavier loads (which allowed for better efficiency and thus, better return-on-investment). Our large covered hoppers are all-steel and designed for plastic resin pellets, with over 6,200 cubic feet to allow for maximum payloads. These railcars typically range from 2,700 to 3,500 cf capacity and generally are designed with two or three pockets, gravity gates and three to five circular hatches. Doug Kroll photo.A popular pastime for many is studying and/or exploring abandoned rights-of-way. Instead, ever-interested in redundancy they found the ubiquitous boxcar, capable of handling everything from cars to bundles of paper, could do the job just as well. Products are loaded through 10 hatches at the top of the railcar and unloaded through bottom outlets. Seen here is a modern Texas Utilities with Powder River Basin coal (Wyoming) in October, 2007. Our options in covered hoppers for lease include sizes ranging from 2,700 to 6,500 cu.
As such, they are much smaller but have a tonnage rating roughly that of a standard-sized hopper. The history of this car can also trace its heritage back to the industry's early years. Through this service, you can access the most efficient and fluid rail network in North America directly to/from your facility. Warren Calloway photo.The grain hopper is one of the most common types of covered hoppers in service. Older railcar capacity is a maximum of 263,000 pounds when fully loaded (including the car’s tare weight). Gross Rail Weight Limit. All photos and videos, copyright individual owners/organizations. This former Burlington Northern car is rated for 100 tons. TrinityRail is a leading manufacturer of railcars in North America. Covered hoppers have a roof equipped with hatches for loading material into 2, 3 or 4 compartments. It weighed roughly 4,500 pounds and could haul 4 tons. In most ways the ore jenny is simply a miniature hopper, which could be found in service on many of the large Upper Midwest railroads which served mines in the region such as the Milwaukee Road, Chicago & North Western, Bessemer & Lake Erie, Missabe Road (Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range), Soo Line/Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic, Lake Superior & Ishpeming, and Escanaba & Lake Superior. Today, there are tens of thousands of miles scattered throughout the country. It is widely used and one of the most common cars you will see moving within a train. If you are researching active or abandoned corridors you might want to check out the You will be hard pressed at finding a better online resource regarding diesel locomotives than Craig Rutherford's Andre Kristopans put together a web page highlighting virtually every unit every out-shopped by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division.
Size/Capacity. Due to grain's relatively light weight, in comparison to other types of freight, the car can handle a considerable amount of product. The bottom section of each compartment has a gate for unloading. Notable here are the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company (via its Mauch Chunk & Summit Hill Railroad) and the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company. Warren Calloway photo.Another type of specialized covered hopper is the cement car. Due to the product's increased weight, the wheelbase is noticeably short. The cover protects the loads from the weather. Warren Calloway photo. With an overall length of just 55 feet, 8 inches this car provides maximum cubic capacity. With a lightweight of 60,000 pounds this covered hopper car provides a load limit of 226,000 pounds along with excellent durability and fatigue life. The first covered hopper is said to have appeared in the 1830s to haul, as mentioned above, grain and prevent its exposure from the elements. Today, the open-top version of these cars haul everything from coal to aggregates, such as ballast (a term which refers to the crushed rock used under the railroad tracks that acts as support and cushioning), and feature a number of different drop-bottom designs to empty their cargo. Although, one then wonders why have drop-bottom chutes at all? Covered Hoppers Food Grade Capacity: 5,250 cu ft Built by Thrall Built: 1993-1994 286,000 GRL Contact for Pricing Location: USA. … GWR; Commodities: Round Hatches; Gravity Discharge Gates