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Owner: Blue Circle Incorporated
Type: Open Hopper
AAR Class: HM: Open top self-clearing car, having fixed sides and ends and bottom consisting of two divided hoppers with doors hinged crosswise of car and dumping between rails.
AAR Type: H340
Detail Info:   Unequipped Hopper, Load Limit: 185,000 and greater, Non-rotary couplers
Plate:   B
Max Gross Weight:   263000
Load Limit:   206200
Dry Capacity:   2100
Ext L/W/H:   37' 11" / 10' 8" / 12' 5"
User Notes:   2 Bay, Sand/Aggregate Greenville type car

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WBCX 78041
Title:  WBCX 78041
Description:  At the Chester Ave LaFarge plant, on the CSX
Photo Date:  1/27/2008  Upload Date: 1/28/2008 6:52:03 AM
Location:  Ormewood, GA
Author:  James Hinman
Categories:  RollingStock
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Williams Brothers/Blue Circle sand cars on CSXT AWP-WofA sub in 2010
Title:  Williams Brothers/Blue Circle sand cars on CSXT AWP-WofA sub in 2010
Description:  These cars were and still are staple sites on the line hauling sand from pits near Montgomery, AL to Atlanta. In the 1970s through the 1990s, there was a dedicated "Sand Train" that exclusively hauled these cars to and from pit and plants around Atlanta. Today, their numbers are diminished
Photo Date:  10/2/2010  Upload Date: 10/7/2010 12:09:21 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  486   Comments: 0


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