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Owner: Conrail
Type: Ore Car
AAR Class: GT: Open top car, having high fixed sides and fixed or hinged ends and solid bottom, suitable for unloading on dumping machines only.
AAR Type: J200
Detail Info:   Gondola, Load Limit: 155,000 to 184,999, Flat Bottom, Inside Length: Less than 36ft
Plate:   B
User Notes:   ex-PRR 13608

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Carnival ride from hell
Title:  Carnival ride from hell
Description:  Before self unloading ore boats became common, minerals were unloaded at lake ports with these Hulett unloaders, seen from the passing Lake Shore Limited. They look like something out of a Star Wars movie, and operating one was described as being on a "carnival ride from hell" due to the operator riding in a bucket mounted cab. Several of these relics are still on the Cleveland waterfront in 1990, not long for the world. The ore jennies in the foreground, however, will stay at it a few more years.
Photo Date:  3/10/1990  Upload Date: 12/26/2015 3:15:37 AM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Station
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