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DAR361120
Dominion Atlantic Railway Hopper No. 361120
Hart 70 Ton Ballast Car
Sold by the Hart-Otis Car Co. and built by Eastern Car Co. (DOSCO)[1][2] from 1940-1953, the 70-Ton Hart Ballast Cars were formally known as “Hart Selective Service Ballast Cars”, due to the use of specially-designed doors which allowed the lading to be discharged one of three ways: to the center of the rails, to the center and sides of the rails, or to the side of the rails only.
Listed by CPR as steel 40 foot longitudinal hoppers with 2 doors on each side these hoppers were used in ballast service on the D.A.R. and were in service on the C.P.R. system between 1953 and 1993.[3][4]
C.P.R. Series 360725 - 361224 on Order No. 3881[5]
- Build Date: 10-12/1953[4]
- AAR Class: HK[4]
- Inside Length: 40' 8"[4]
- Inside Width: 10' 4"[4]
- Inside Height: 7' 2-3/4"[4]
- Outside Length over End Sills: 40' 8"[5]
- Cubic Feet: 2775[5]
- Tare Weight: 50500 lbs.[5]
- Capacity: 159000 lbs.[5]
Gallery
Hopper car No. 361120 being used to transport ballast at Round Hill Ballast Pit in August 1982.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Canadian Freight Cars, Hart-Otis Co.
- ↑ Exporail, Canadian Car Co. Fonds, PA009,S2,SS10
- ↑ C.P.R., M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters, 1955, p. 82
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Canadian Freight Cars, Data compiled from ORERs
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 CPR, Folio Drawing at CPHA, No. 20-C-127
