George:
According to BB#35 page 142.....
" The Burlington bought its first steel hopper cars in 1926 from AC&F in
the form of 500 55T twin hoppers numbered in the 190000 -190499 and classed
HT-1. Then over the next 3 years, the Q's steel car shop at Galesburg
copied the AC&F design in constructing 1250 additional cars of HT-2, 3 and
4."
Myron
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Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 4:11 PM
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?
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> Used to seeing coal hoppers in the quanities that the N&W and C&O
> used them.
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> Thanks,
> George
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