| Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class HC-4 85250 at Eola, Illinois on an unknown day in August 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The following is from Burlington Route Historical Society's Bulletin 20, COVERED ^OÒWARèlü[Þeg"bV Hol Wagner; General American introduced the Dry-Flo car in 1958, and the Q bought 100 of the 3,500 cubic foot cars the next year. CB&Q ( car numbers ) 85200 - 85299, class HC-4, were delivered during May and June 1959 in the new image gray and red paint scheme, Dry-Flo cars ( were equipped ) with one compartment, 10 loading hatches, six GATC vacuum discharge outlets. Survivors of the CB&Q 85200 -85299 series were renumbered into the BN 475800 - 475899 series, although numbers 85208 and 85217 were renumbered into the BN series 448033 - 448042 . |