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Date Photographed

18 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 900042 Four-outlet open ballast hopper car on Schmidt Siding at the Illinois Railway Museum.

CRDX 900042, 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/1999/10/99a18621.jpg] NEW 23 October 1999

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Car markings on CRDX 900042: LD LMT 171600, LT WT 48400, HRC 6-95, BLT 3-57, EXW 10-8 11-11, EW 10-0-11-12-2, CU FT 2003. Cast iron brake shoes. [18 October 1999]

Equipment characteristics of CRDX 900042: AAR car type M110 (M-O-W, Scale, Passenger, Caboose, and End-of-train information systems), plate type B, tare weight 47,400 pounds, total gross weight allowed 220,000 pounds, load limit 172,600 pounds, dry capacity 2,000 cubic feet, external dimensions (length 37' 0", width 10' 1", height 13' 3"). [courtesy of BNSF Equiptment Characteristics, October 1999]

Railcar fleet details for CRDX 900042: Maintenance of Way, Scale, Passenger, Caboose and End-of-Train, Mechanical Designation: MWB; Outside Length: 37 ft 0 in; AAR Car Type Code: M110; Outside Extreme Width: 10 ft 1 in; Outside Extreme Height: 13 ft 3 in; Height of Extreme Width: 13 ft 2 in; Plate Clearance: B; Trans. Code: X; Outlets: 4; Trans Cond Code: A; Lining: U; Draft Gear: 88; Tare Weight: 47,400 lbs. [courtesy of CSXT Railcar Fleet Details, November 1999]

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