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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Hopper No. 361070==
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Sold by the Hart-Otis Car Co. and built by Eastern Car Co. (DOSCO)<ref>[http://www.nakina.net/other/builders/builders1.html#hart Canadian Freight Cars, ''Hart-Otis Co.'']</ref> 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, built between October and December 1953, 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.<ref name="MP141955">C.P.R., ''[[MP14FORMS|M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters]], 1955, p. 82''</ref><ref name="CFC">[http://www.nakina.net/cp/cp3.html Canadian Freight Cars], ''Data compiled from ORERs''</ref>
 
 
 
*Build Date: 10-12/1953<ref name="CFC"/>
 
*AAR Class: HK<ref name="CFC"/>
 
*Inside Length: 40' 8"<ref name="CFC"/>
 
*Inside Width: 10' 4"<ref name="CFC"/>
 
*Inside Height: 7' 2-3/4"<ref name="CFC"/>
 
*Cubic Feet: 2700<ref name="MP141955"/>
 
*Tare Weight: 50900 lbs.<ref name="MP141955"/>
 
*Nominal Capacity: 14000 ibs.<ref name="MP141955"/>
 
  
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Latest revision as of 10:23, 27 December 2018

Dominion Atlantic Railway Hopper No. 361070

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

References and Footnotes

  1. Canadian Freight Cars, Hart-Otis Co.
  2. Exporail, Canadian Car Co. Fonds, PA009,S2,SS10
  3. C.P.R., M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters, 1955, p. 82
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Canadian Freight Cars, Data compiled from ORERs
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 CPR, Folio Drawing at CPHA, No. 20-C-127

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