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Date Photographed

30 June 1998

Photos of rail equipment seen as the Nebraska Zephyr passes through the West Chicago Yard, enroute back to the Illinois Railway Museum in East Union (Illinois).

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Chicago & North Western 791034 Covered hopper car in the West Chicago Yard.

CNW 791034, CNW, Covered hopper cars, Freight cars, CNW CH270, photographed on 30 June 1998 from onboard the Nebraska Zephyr at West Chicago Yard by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 digital camera [zephyr/1998/06/98630e25.jpg]

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CNW 791034 was built in 1966, capacity 195, length 43' 1", width 9' 10", height 11' 0", capacity 2700 cubic inches. CNW 791034 open top hopper series (C&NW series CH270) (CNW 791000-791283, 254 cars owned in this series in June 1995, 21 cars on heavy bad order). [source: Freight Car Situation Report, June 1995, page 5. Courtesy of Chicago and North Western Final Freight Car Roster, The Chicago & North Western Historical Society, Library of Congress catalog card number 98-073877, 1999, page 227.]

Equipment characteristics of CNW 791034: AAR car type M110 (M-O-W, Scale, Passenger, Caboose, and End-of-train information systems), plate type B, tare weight 65,300 pounds, total gross weight allowed 263,000 pounds, load limit 197,700 pounds, dry capacity 2,700 cubic feet, external dimensions (length 45' 9", width 10' 7", height 11' 0"), internal dimensions (length 43' 1", width 9' 10", height 7' 6"). [courtesy of BNSF Equiptment Characteristics, October 1999]

Railcar fleet details for CNW 791034: Maintenance of Way, Scale, Passenger, Caboose and End-of-Train, Mechanical Designation: MWB; Outside Length: 45 ft 9 in; AAR Car Type Code: M110; Outside Extreme Width: 10 ft 7 in; Inside Length: 43 ft 1 in; Outside Extreme Height: 11 ft 0 in; Inside Width: 9 ft 10 in; Height of Extreme Width: 11 ft 0 in; Inside Height: 7 ft 6 in; Upper Eaves Height: 11 ft 0 in; Upper Eaves Width: 10 ft 7 in; Plate Clearance: B; Outlets: 2; Lining: U; Draft Gear: 88; Tare Weight: 65,300 lbs. [courtesy of CSXT Railcar Fleet Details, November 1999]

Chicago Rail Photographs collection updated 22 August 2023 at 02:58. Photographs and text copyright © 1998-2000 Harold A. Driscoll, All Rights Reserved. Email address is provided exclusively for personal contact, but emphatically not for use for SPAM net.abuse.