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Specifications. Length: 53 feet, 1 inch. Inside Length: 47 feet, 9 inches. Height: 13 feet, 4 inches. Gross Rail Load: 286,000 pounds. Load Limit: 236,600 pounds. Couplers: Stripe …
Description. Astec Bulk Handling Solutions mobile tracked and wheeled reclaim hopper feeders and low feeders are designed to be loaded directly from wheel loaders, grab cranes and excavators. These units can be used to stockpile material, feed auxiliary equipment and reclaim to other conveyors, as well as load ships, trucks and rail wagons at ...
The aluminum BethGon II, with a light weight of 41,700 lbs., has a carrying capacity of 244,330 lbs. and a volume of 4,911 cu.-ft. The BethGon II features FreightCar America's …
Pullman-Standard was one of several railcar manufacturers that addressed this urgent demand for modern "Triple" 100-ton hoppers with new designs produced in 1975-1976. While western and midwestern customers purchased Pullman's 4000 cubic foot models, the eastern roads purchased Pullman's 3526/3600 cubic foot hoppers, which effectively ...
HTO/HTV 21t Coal Hoppers: 1949-1959: 23150: 1949-1991: 15/12/2007: 02/07/2008: The 21ton steel-bodied coal hopper was based on an LNER design and was the standard BR coal hopper until the advent of air-braked types in the 1960s and 1970s. Over 23,000 wagons were built, making them one of the most numerous types on BR and, although …
These distinctive 100-ton quad hoppers match the Union Pacific specification and were built by Bethlehem Steel in the 1970s. Our UP replicas represent more than 6,400 "quad" hoppers, UP's largest fleet of coal hoppers in company history. ... This move still happens today using these same hoppers, although the coal originates on the former ...
for a Coal Power Plant. Capitalizing on our 28 years experience, we build precisely to your specifications and project-design when it comes to the fabrication of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) Baghouse, Scrubbers, and associative ducting for coal power plant facilities. Our extensive knowledge of cutting edge steel manufacturing software ...
Designing Hoppers, Bins, and Silos for Reliable Flow. Follow a guided approach to measure solids properties, choose bin shapes, and calculate hopper angles and outlet sizes for effective storage and use. Engineers are often asked to design or recommend equipment for storing and handling bulk solid feedstocks, intermediates, and products.
Specifications. SSR operates a diverse fleet of locomotives to ensure a personalised service package can be optimised to meet every customer's requirements. Locomotives range from high horsepower to branchline horsepower models that deliver the operational flexibility required by our customers. ... Modern coal hoppers capable of high payloads ...
Large Open-Top Hopper — Large open-top hoppers carry commodities like coal, petroleum coke, sand and rock. They range from 51 to 57 feet long, have three or four compartments and can carry loads from 185,000 to 243,800 lbs. Small Open-Top Hopper — Small open-top hoppers carry commodities like sand, rock and copper concentrate.
The Seward Coal or "" Trains and many of our gravel trains are made up largely of "TNM" series, 100 ton hoppers. If you don't know already, "TNM" series coal hoppers have one end painted …
Our high-capacity, high-efficiency unloaders, loaders, conveying systems and stacking and reclaiming systems stand to provide you with substantial cost savings from reduced operating times. Bruks Siwertell offers ship unloading solutions that ensure high efficiency, excellent performance and low environmental impact for dry bulk cargo transfers.
The kind of products you are transporting will help determine the type of covered hoppers you need: Small Cube Covered Hopper Car: 3280 cu-ft high-capacity covered hoppers ideal for dense dry cargo. Curved Side …
Commodities include aggregates, limestone, gravel, coal, petroleum coke, wood chips, scrap metal, steel coil, and other steel products. With car sizes ranging from 2,300 to 8,000 cf, gross weight capacity up to 286,000 pounds, and multiple body types to choose from including aluminum, steel, stainless steel, and hybrid equipment—we have the options to …
Weighted to NMRA specifications – even with the coal load removed! Recommended age 14 years and older; Prototype Information: From 1974 to 1980, the Bethlehem Steel Corporation built 8,715 100-Ton 'Eastern Design Quad' coal hoppers of 3350 cubic foot capacity. These quad hoppers were purchased in large build groups by Louisville & …
CNW's paint and lettering specification included yellow ends to designate the rotary end of the coal hopper. The scheme includes the classic 'ball and bar' scheme with a red ball and black bar. ... The …
Hopper, 33 ft, 55 ton, coal (HM) 12000-12899: 1944 900 – 900: 887: 531: 519: 151: 9: Built by Bethlehem. 2 bay offset side with 7 outside ribs. Has riveted joint in side panels at fold. HO: Kitbash from Atlas or Athearn 2 bay offset side kit; see Vic Roseman's article in RMJ 10/2002, p.11. 12766 (red): Greenberg & Fischer p.97: Hopper, 33 ...
This is the newest operating freight car on the East Broad Top. This car is one of two 4-bay hoppers on the EBT. The other, hopper 1063 was returned to a 3-bay hopper and given high sides. Throughout the years, the East Broad Top operated, built, and maintained its own freight cars. Early coal hoppers were wooden until the first steel cars...
Southern 70-ton coal hopper -Dan Bourque collection. To understand the history of the modern coal hopper, we have to start out at the dawn of the steel-car era. In the 1890s, the typical coal car was either a hopper …
BCH/NHDA Coal Hopper . BCH 28625 as built in 1951. SRA photo These wagons are of all steel construction and were the first bogie vehicles built without buffers. The main side of the hopper is flat, as later types of other hoppers were curve-sided. ... and were withdrawn from coal duties as larger CH type coal hoppers were introduced. Some were ...
Covered Hopper. Specifications Table. Diagram (Jumbo) Diagram (Large) Diagram (Small) Cubic Capacity. 5161 to 5188. 4427 to 4750. 2700 to 3426.
FreightCar America's AutoFlood IV aluminum coal hopper car has a light weight of 49,400 lbs. with capacity to haul 236,600 lbs. of coal. The car can be automatically unloaded using the MegaFlo™ auto-discharge system as well as being rotary dumped. The AutoFlood IV features a smooth interior, steep slope sheets, three double-door pockets …
Our aluminum open-top hoppers are specifically designed to carry the maximum amount of coal. Many of our coal hoppers are equipped with both bottom-gate unloading and rotary couplers, which allow for rotary dumping of the car's contents. We also provide open-top hoppers for bulk commodities unaffected by weather and are unloaded from under ...
Step 1. Gather all the materials, tools, and the hopper type you're making the loads for. Step 2. Measure the hopper's interior width. Step 3. Cut a long strip of 1/2″ core 1/16″ narrower than the interior measurement. Step 4. Cut the core strip to length, about 1/16″ shorter than the hopper. Step 5.
Steel Manual Hopper. All specifications are approximate and may vary between car builders and car owner specifications. * Majority of steel equipment in coal service is restricted to 131.5 gross weight on rail. …
4,323 Cubic Foot Aluminum RDL™ Hopper. Included in our line of Rapid Discharge ® coal cars is the RDL: a longitudinal discharge car. A variety of options are available including rotary couplers. TrinityRail offers a …
New CTS 36362 at Pt Waratah in 1978. A curve-sided aluminum-bodied hopper fitted with 4 transverse doors. The main hopper body is 10960mm long and the hopper doors are arranged equally spaced along the length of the wagon. And have pneumatic power doors for unloading. Builders: - 300 built by Transfield during 1977-79 were numbered 36251 …
Covered hoppers have a roof equipped with hatches for loading material into 2, 3 or 4 compartments. ... Covered Hopper Specifications. Category Small Cube Jumbo; Size: 2,700 - 3,500 cubic feet: 3,600 - 5,324 cubic feet: Freight Capacity: ... These cars carry products like coal, coke, aggregates, sand, ores, gravel, slag and scrap. Product type ...