George,
1930 was very early in the hopper car game. At that time most
coal would still be moving in gondolas. Those giant fleets of
hoppers were not built up until the 40's and 50's. The CB&Q
stuck with a fairly standard design of outside braced 55 ton
hopper. During WWII this roster was filled out with another
2000 cars in the 188000-189999 series that are of similar
construction and 1500 composite cars in series 193500-194999.
There were also 1200 more prewar cars in series 192000-193199.
Russ
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Sent: Thursday, 19 December, 2002 16:11
Subject: [BRHSlist] CB&Q Hoppers
> Hi Folks,
> Going through my 1930 ORER I find 1000 HM hoppers in number series
> 190000 thru 190999. Does anyone have any idea what this series of
> cars would have looked like. There was another 750 cars in a later
> series but appear to be the same style. 1750 cars doesn't seem to be
> very many for a railroad hauling a lot of coal, especially over a
> physical plant the size of the Burlington's. Was there other types of
> cars used for coal service in the 1930's?
>
> Used to seeing coal hoppers in the quanities that the N&W and C&O
> used them.
>
> Thanks,
> George
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