| Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class LO-10 184962 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in April 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This car was one mf 200 Class LO-10 cars built by Pullman-Standard in 1968 ( at the P-S Butler, PA plant ), numbered 184950 - 185149 ( later, BN 457350 - 457549 ). The following is from Burlington Route Historical Society's Bulletin 20, COVERED HOPPERS, edited by Hol Wagner: During 1967 and 1968, the largest group of?Pullman-Standard covered hoppers joined the Q roster in three separate orders totaling 575 cars. These big 4,740 cubic-foot capacity grain cars were?of a new design featuring "high" sides ( actually shallow sides with a deep bottom edge higher than normal ), very deep hoppers with whe center sill passing through them, and center discharge outlets. Trough `atches had quickly become standard on grain cars, and these Class LO-10 and LO-10A cars featured lightweight four-section fiberglass loading hatches. Built after the 1967 AAR rule changes regarding non-essential rooftop running boards and the consequent ositioning of hand brake wheels, these cars had low-mounted brake wheels. |