C6 100 ton 4650 cubic foot grain service ACF covered hopper car, Light Gray. Built 1966.

C6 100 ton 4650 cubic foot grain service ACF covered hopper car, Light Gray. Built 1966.Grain was the single most important commodity group to the Great Northern for decades. In the early 1960s the company began to acquire a large fleet of 100 ton net capacity covered hopper cars for grain transportation. Covered hopper cars were and are AAR car type LO, and 100 ton covered hopper cars were GST car type code C6 on the GN, regardless of cubic capacity. Covered hopper cars for cement and other products that need to be kept dry had been in

RS-215 - Great Northern's Lineside Industries

They had metal ends that were three steel panels

40’ 6” inside length box cars by InterMountain are numbered in series 18500 to 19499

as well as paint chips collected by Martin and others

Cars 171100 to 171149 of 1964 had a high mounted hand brake wheel

John illustrates the effort and determination of the men who made

In 1909 new frame depots were painted medium yellow-buff on large wall sections with a darker olive-green trim on windows and doors

When X7603 entered service in June 1963 it was one of six Great Northern weed spray cars

of a brakeman and conductor

EH EXTENDED TO 92' ABOUT 1924

In crib style of construction 2”x8”

RS-377 - Dale Street Shops