| Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 189797 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in November 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. I don't have information on this car per se, however, in the book, CB&Q Color Guide To Freight And Passenger Equipment, by Michael J. Spoor, is this description of the earlier class of cars: QUOTE - During 1945, Havelock (CB&Q's shops in Nebraska) built its first all steel hoppers, outshopping 650, 34 foot 3 inch, 55 ton twin hoppers that year. These cars were designated HT-5B and numbered 189000-189649. - Another 1,000 55 ton hoppers were built at Havelock in 1948, classified as HT-5C and assigned the number series 188000-188999. - END QUOTE The Official Railway Equipment Register dated January 1953 lists 1988 CB&Q 110000 pound capacity hoppers in the number range 188000-189999. That would suggest that the CB&Q built more of these hoppers and generally the next batch would have been classed as HT-5C. So possibly this car was a continuation of HT-5B series. I tried reading the BLT date but it was corroded. It looked like BLT 5.46, located under the ACI label. |