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Goodyear Covered Hoppers

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Goodyear Covered Hoppers
Posted by Junctionfan on Monday, November 22, 2004 2:07 PM
Has anybody seen thease covered hoppers before?

http://gelwood.railfan.net/acfx/acfx54588ajk.jpg

What is the number series of thease and are there any more like this with different reporting marks?
Andrew
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Posted by Junctionfan on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 10:20 AM
Do thease hoppers carry polyester pellets or resin?
Andrew
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Posted by CShaveRR on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 10:35 AM
They carried pellets.

I'm using past tense, because I haven't seen any of these for years--but I have documented at least one car that has had these markings painted out and is now leased to somebody else.

I had not seen any cars painted this way with reporting marks other than ACFX. Cars I saw suggested that the numbers were pretty much at random.

Here's a list of cars I've documented (not counting this one, which I hadn't seen before):
ACFX 52339, 52872, 52901, 52911, 52918, 53007, 54246, 55217, 56380, 56774, 56775, 56778, 56782, 56786, 56794, 58193.

Carl

Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)

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