This Evans
three bay covered hopper is painted aluminum with black herald
and lettering. It was built in 1966 for the Chicago, Milwaukee,
St. Paul & Pacific Railway from an order of a 10 cars on Lot
#16001. This car is a 4750-cuft, three compartment aluminum covered
hopper with 100-ton Barber® roller bearing trucks. Corrosion
resistance and the lightweight
of aluminum made it especially suited to the construction of large
covered hoppers. The 4750-cuft aluminum covered hopper car offers
a payload of 105 tons, nearly 7 profit-tons more than a steel
car of comparable size. |
