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GN 74435-74444 Woodchip Cars

 

General data

As-built paint and lettering-style

  

  GREAT

  NORTHERN

 

74435-74444

 

 

40'

Woodchip Car

 

 

AFE 67-798

 

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Builder:

Great Northern

Built:

1967

No. built:

10

Conv. from:

75500-75999 Gondola (Blt. 1937)

AAR code:

LP

Plate:

Exceed Plate 'C'

Empty WT:

56,500 lb.
Construction
Sides: Steel Ends: Steel
Frame: Steel

Trucks and brakes

Bettendorf
Bearings: Friction Wheels: 33"

Spotting features

Equipment

Air brakes: AB Cylinder: 10"x12"

Outside braced top-extension

Outside braced gondola sides

Solid floor

 

Paint schemes

When new:

Also wore:

Black  

 

Dimensions and capacities

DIMENSIONS

CAPACITY

INSIDE

OUTSIDE

DOORS

Length

Width

Height

LENGTH

WIDTH

HEIGHT FROM RAIL

SIDE

END

Cubic

Feet

Level

Full

Pounds

or

Gallons

 

At Eaves

or Top of

Sides or

Platform

Extreme

Width

To

Extreme

 Width

To Eaves

or Top of

Sides or

Platform

To

Extreme

Height

Width

of

Open'g

Height

of

Open'g

Width

of

Open'g

Height

of

Open'g

39'-5" 9' 10'-11" 41'-10" 9'-7" 10'-4" 9'-4" 15'-4" 15'-4" - - - - 4164 100,000 lb.

Source: The Official Railway Equipment Register - January 1969

 

Number in use
Disposition
Year Event Company GN Numbers New Numbers No. Repainted
1970 Merger Burlington Northern (BN) 74435-74444 Not assigned 10 No

Sources:

Various issues of The Official Railway Equipment Register 

BNSF 2002 Locomotive Review and Freight Car Directory (Del Grosso)

 

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GN 74436

Chehalis, WA

March 24, 1978

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Additional photo sources

Car No.

Page Book Author
74440 6 GNRHS Reference Sheet #250 Clive S. Carter
74444 72 Great Northern Equipment Color Pictorial - Book 2 Scott R. Thompson
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