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GN Woodchip Cars
(Hog Fuel Cars)
All series are listed in the configuration as built or rebuilt. Later implemented changes that did not result in a renumbering are not noted.
SERIES |
PHOTO |
INSIDE LENGTH |
CONSTRUCTION |
DOOR(S) |
BUILDER |
BUILT |
CONVERTED FROM |
NO. BUILT |
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SIDES |
ENDS |
FRAME |
TYPE | NO. | DIM. | |||||||||
17277-18762* | Not available | - | 40' | Wood | Wood |
Steel Center Sill |
Side along bottom |
10 |
3'9"x3'10"(8) 5'0"x3'10"(2) |
GN | 1935-36 |
17277-18762 (Boxcar) |
12 | |
74000-74199* | Not available | GS | 40' | Wood | Steel | Steel | Bottom | 16 |
4'2 1/2"x2' |
GN | 1952 |
74000-74199 (Gondola) |
40 | |
74200-74220 | LP | 40'4" | Steel | Steel | Steel | Bottom | 16 |
4'2 1/2"x2' |
GN | 1960 |
74000-74199 (Gondola) |
21 | ||
74221-74284 | Not available | LP | 50' | Wood | Steel | Steel | End | 1 | 9'2"x9'6" | GN | 1961-66 |
41525-41999 42000-42899 (Boxcar) |
64 | |
74285-74294 | Not available | LP | 40'4" | Steel | Steel | Steel | Bottom | 16 |
4'2 1/2"x2' |
GN | 1964 |
74000-74199 (Gondola) |
10 | |
74295-74359 | Not available | LP | 50' | Wood | Steel | Steel | End | 1 | 9'2"x9'6" | GN | 1961-66 |
41525-41999 42000-42899 (Boxcar) |
65 | |
74400-74404 | Not available | LP | 40'1" | Steel | Steel | Steel | Bottom | 16 | 4'3"x3'11" | GN | 1965 |
74500-74999 (Gondola) |
5 | |
74405-74434 | Not available | LP | 39'5" | Steel | Steel | Steel | None | - | - | GN | 1965 |
75500-75999 (Gondola) |
30 | |
74435-74444 | LP | 39'5" | Steel | Steel | Steel | None | - | - | GN | 1967 |
75500-75999 (Gondola) |
10 | ||
76000-76749* | Not available | GS | 40' | Steel | Steel | Steel | Bottom | GN | >1963 |
76000-76749 (Gondola) |
3 | |||
79800-79839 | Not available | LP | 39'10" | Wood | Wood | Steel |
Side along top and bottom |
8 8 |
3'6"x3'6" 3'6"x4' |
GN | 1947 |
68296-68357 68358-68531 68542-68585 68622-68799 68800-68899 (Flatcar) |
40 | |
79850-79899(1) | Not available | 39'-9" | Wood | Wood | Steel |
Side along center line |
5 |
38" w. (4) 60" w. (1) |
GN | 1939 |
37750-37999 (Automobile boxcar) |
50 | ||
79840-79859(2) | Not available | LP | 41'2" | Wood | Wood | Steel |
Side along bottom |
12 | 3'x7' | GN | 1953 |
69500-69999 (Logging flatcar) |
20 | |
79860-79894(2) | Not available | LP | 50'6" | Wood | Steel | 3'x6' | GN | 1958 | 35 | |||||
79900-79983 | Not available | 39'-9" | Wood | Wood | Steel |
Side along bottom |
5 |
38" w. (4) 60" w. (1) |
GN | 1939 |
37750-37999 (Automobile boxcar) |
84 | ||
174000-174049 | LP | 61'4" | Plywood | Steel | Steel | End | 1 |
Gunderson Brothers |
1965 | - | 50 | |||
174050-174199 | LP | 60'6" | Plywood | Steel | Steel | End | 1 |
Gunderson Brothers |
1966 | - | 150 | |||
174200-174299 | LP | 59'6 1/2" | Steel | Steel | Steel | End | 1 |
9'11" T. 8'9" B. x 10'11" |
Gunderson Brothers |
1968 | - | 100 | ||
174300-174424 | LP | 59'5" | Steel | Steel | Steel | End | 2 |
9'10" T. 8'9" B. x 10'10" |
Ortner | 1969 | - | 125 | ||
* This car-series contains a number of cars converted for woodchip use. | Copyright © 2005 Ben Ringnalda | |||||||||||||
Sources and additional reading: The Official Railway Equipment Register - January 1969 List of Equipment No. 39 July 1, 1963 - Great Northern Railway Co. List of Equipment No. 40 July 1, 1965 - Great Northern Railway Co. Great Northern Equipment Color Pictorial - Book 2 - Scott Thompson Great Northern Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment - Dave Hickcox Lines East - Patrick C. Dorin with Richard W. Hendrickson and Staffan Ehnbom GNRHS Reference Sheet 250 |
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