Re: (erielack) Obscure DL&W Hopper Question

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In a message dated 9/29/2007 8:09:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
jguthrie_@_pipeline.com writes:

Can  anyone tell me anything about DL&W Hopper 79478 or its sisters in that  
series?

Built? By whom? Scrapped?



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Curious why you're asking.  You have a photo of it, or record of it  sitting 
somewhere?
 
Neither the hoppers or the question are really obscure as there were a  
couple of thousand of this class of hopper built, by Standard Steel,  Cambria Steel 
and American Car & Foundry, and more than a thousand  of a very similar but 
slightly smaller car in the 76000 number series, same  builders plus Pressed 
Steel. 
 
DL&W 79478 was built by ACF in September 1914.
 
These were two-pocket, channel-side hoppers, most with T-section  trucks.  
Westerfield kit 7453 covers the smaller DL&W car exactly,  series 76000-77599, 
and they come with the four sides cast together. With Al  Westerfield's 
announced imminent retirement, now's the time to get the kits.  These cars were 
31-foot, almost 1600 cu.ft., built 1911.   The next  series, 78100-80949 were 
35-foot, roughly 1800 cu.ft, cars  built 1912-1914. All had the same family 
appearance, the bigger  car had three channeled ribs in the center while the smaller 
car had one.
 
Hope this  helps                          ....Mike



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