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Owner: Chicago Burlington & Quincy
Type: Covered Hopper
AAR Class: LO: A permanently enclosed car, other than a box car, regardless of exterior or interior shape, for handling bulk commodities, with or without insulation and provided with openings for loading through top or sides with weather-tight covers or doors. Car may be provided with one or more bottom openings for unloading, with tight fitting covers, doors, valves, or tight fitting slide or gate to prevent leakage of lading. Car may be provided with facilities for discharge of lading through openings in top or sides and may have one or more compartments. Mechanical or other means may be provided within car to expedite loading or unloading.
AAR Type: L153
Detail Info:   Special Type Cars, Gravity Unloading, Cubic Capacity: 4,000-5000 cu ft
CBQ Class:   LO-8
Builder:   AC&F in 1966
Dry Capacity:   4600

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1048-04 CBQ 86509 passing MILW Robert Street Jct.
Title:  1048-04 CBQ 86509 passing MILW Robert Street Jct.
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Photo Date:  5/1/1977  Upload Date: 4/21/2007 5:21:11 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q Class LO-8 86509
Title:  CB&Q Class LO-8 86509
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class LO-8 86509 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in October 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The following is from Burlington Route Historical Society's Bulletin 20, COVERED HOPPERS, edited by Hol Wagner: The Q's first Hi-Cube Center-Flow joined the roster in 1966, 600 4,600 cubic foot triple hopper grain cars classed LO-8 and numbered CB&Q 86200 - 86699, and FW&D 3051 - 3150. All LO-8's were divided into three compartments and featured three-section trough loading hatches. All but Q 86690 - 86699 had Enterprise gravity outlets, the last 10 cars were equipped with ACF pneumatic outlets. The cars were built at AC&F's Huntington, West Virginia plant starting in March 1966.
Photo Date:  10/1/1979  Upload Date: 7/14/2017 11:48:50 AM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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