| Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class LO-8 86266 at Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 22, 1984, 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. |