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Owner: Chicago Great Western
Type: Covered Hopper
AAR Class: LO: A permanently enclosed car, other than a box car, regardless of exterior or interior shape, for handling bulk commodities, with or without insulation and provided with openings for loading through top or sides with weather-tight covers or doors. Car may be provided with one or more bottom openings for unloading, with tight fitting covers, doors, valves, or tight fitting slide or gate to prevent leakage of lading. Car may be provided with facilities for discharge of lading through openings in top or sides and may have one or more compartments. Mechanical or other means may be provided within car to expedite loading or unloading.
AAR Type: L151
Detail Info:   Special Type Cars, Gravity Unloading, Cubic Capacity: less than 3000 cu ft
CGW Class:   LO
User Notes:   2 bay in C&NW green paint

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CGW LO 747
Title:  CGW LO 747
Description:  Chicago Great Western Railway LO 747 in BN's Cicero, Illinois yard on an unknown day in May 1981, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This car is stencilled: SAND LOADING ONLY and was last weighted: CLN 6-77. According to the October 1971 issue of the Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER), this car was one of 50 cars in the 710-759 number series.
Photo Date:  5/1/1981  Upload Date: 5/29/2009 6:00:25 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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