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Western Railroad Discussion > CSXized D&RGW coal hopperDate: 07/22/07 19:06 CSXized D&RGW coal hopper Author: GP35 Here is a former Rio Grande coal hopper passing through Bladensburg, Md. just outside the Washington, DC city limits. The shot is from today July 22,2007. Quite a few of these ex. Rio Grande coal hoppers have CSXT numbers and reporting marks running around the CSX system for a couple of years now. I have even seen a UP oxide red repainted D&RGW coal hopper with the UP shield and CSXT reporting marks. Wild looking!
 Date: 07/22/07 20:27 Re: CSXized D&RGW coal hopper Author: SCL1517 That is a good looking specimen you caught there. Wild? Here's wild: CSX inherited thousands of L&N and CRR quad hoppers, most built by Bethlehem as this Rio Grande car was. They discarded most of them, even though they were newer than most C&O cars. This created a hopper shortage, which they have tried to relieve by...well, you get it.
Date: 07/23/07 08:24 Re: CSXized D&RGW coal hopper Author: csxt4617 What's the number on that hopper? (I can only see the thumbnail)
Date: 07/23/07 08:28 Re: CSXized D&RGW coal hopper Author: GP35 CSXT 834049
Date: 07/23/07 08:35 Re: CSXized D&RGW coal hopper Author: csxt4617 I thought it might be. Was that brown one next to it a Frisco/HLMX car? (at least I assume
it's HLMX. I've seen similar ones like that) I shot that 834049 in Barboursville WV on the 16th heading east :) Also attached is the photo of the Frisco car ahead of it.   Date: 07/23/07 19:19 Re: CSXized D&RGW coal hopper Author: GP35 Yes the next car was that Frisco hopper.
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