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Past Additions -- 1999

23 October 1999

Ten Chicago Freight Car Company ballast hoppers at the Illinois Railway Museum in East Union (Illinois).

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Chicago Freight Car Company 900029 Four-outlet open ballast hopper car on Station Track 2 at the Illinois Railway Museum.

CRDX 900029, CRDX, Ballast hopper cars, Open hopper cars, MOW cars, Freight cars, photographed on 18 October 1999 at Illinois Railway Museum (East Union) by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD88 digital camera (with tripod) [irm/1999/10/99a18429.jpg] NEW 23 October 1999

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Equipment characteristics of CRDX 900029: AAR car type M110 (M-O-W, Scale, Passenger, Caboose, and End-of-train information systems), plate type B, tare weight 47,800 pounds, total gross weight allowed 220,000 pounds, load limit 172,200 pounds, dry capacity 2,000 cubic feet, external dimensions (length 36' 9", width 10' 3", height 13' 2"), internal dimensions (length 29' 3", width 9' 5". [courtesy of BNSF Equiptment Characteristics, October 1999]

Railcar fleet details for CRDX 900029: Maintenance of Way, Scale, Passenger, Caboose and End-of-Train, Mechanical Designation: MWB; Outside Length: 36 ft 9 in; AAR Car Type Code: M110; Outside Extreme Width: 10 ft 3 in; Inside Length: 29 ft 3 in; Outside Extreme Height: 13 ft 2 in; Inside Width: 9 ft 5 in; Height of Extreme Width: 12 ft 3 in; Upper Eaves Height: 12 ft 3 in; Upper Eaves Width: 10 ft 2 in; Plate Clearance: B; Trans. Code: X; Outlets: 4; Trans Cond Code: A; Lining: U; Draft Gear: 88; Tare Weight: 47,800 lbs. [courtesy of CSXT Railcar Fleet Details, November 1999]

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