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Thanks, Gentlemen for all the info.  Yes, I forgot to say covered hoppers.  Always interesting to learn more about my model rolling stock....esp why some Gov't Canada hoppers CPWX OR CNWX....and that bit about plastic pellets. My father was a grain buyer on the prairies for years and I remember visiting the terminal in Vancouver one summer to be amazed at the rig they needed to take each 40' box car and rotate it more or less in the air to empty it out.  Amusing to think how resistance to converting to dumping hoppers prolonged this odd technology. RE grain car availability....It may be news to you to learn that the government of Canada levelled serious fines against the two national railways last year for stinting on the delivery of grain cars to terminals....perferring to load up their trains with oil cars for more money.  Farmers were furious.  Needless to say, the crash in oil prices may have a reverse effect this year.
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