Hopper car - Wikipedia
The Coke Express, a CSX unit train of hopper cars loaded with coke, with the words "Coke Express" painted on the sides of the hoppers. Covered hopper grain car. Large unit trains of various grain crops are a common sight in North America, reaching up to 125 cars long.
Tender (rail) - Wikipedia
A tender or coal-car (US only) is a special rail vehicle hauled by a steam locomotive containing its fuel (wood, coal, oil or torrefied biomass) and water. Steam locomotives consume large quantities of water compared to the quantity of fuel, so their tenders are necessary to keep them running over long distances.
Coal Cars | BNSF - BNSF Railway
New to Rail or BNSF? Learn how easy it is to become a BNSF customer. We will show you how to get a rate, ship, track and manage your account. See specifications on various Coal Car models.
Hopper Cars (Trains): Often Handling Coal And Aggregates
2024年8月29日 · Today, the open-top version of these cars haul everything from coal to aggregates, such as ballast (a term which refers to the crushed rock used under the railroad tracks that acts as support and cushioning), and feature a number of different drop-bottom designs to empty their cargo.
What Is an Open-Top Hopper Rail Car? - Union Pacific
Bulk commodities like aggregate, rock, coal, coke, sand, gravel and shale help build America. Learn how open-top hoppers allows them all to ship by rail. Open-top hoppers are perhaps the most “no fuss, no muss” of all the rail car types. Why?
UP: Open-top Hoppers - Union Pacific
2 to 3 compartments per car; Outside Length of Car: Range from 37 to 44 ft. Cubic Capacity: Range from 2,300 to 2,800 cu. ft. Gross Weight on Rail: Range from 263,000 to 286,000 lbs. Load Limit: Range from 166,000 to 230,300 lbs.
A Brief History of Coal Hoppers - Appalachian Railroad Modeling
1999年12月31日 · 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-bottom gondola (flat floors over the trucks) or full-blown hopper cars with sloping floors and horizontal drop doors under the center sill.
Steam Tenders: Providing Fuel and Water Storage - American-Rails.com
2024年11月5日 · The device, which can trace its history back to earliest of locomotive designs had a simple but vital purpose holding additional fuel (coal, wood, or oil in later years) and water which greatly extended the operational range from a few miles to 100 or more.
Coal Covered Hopper Railcars for Lease | Modern Rail Capital - MRC
We have different railcar options for shippers transporting coal, including AutoFlood open-top hoppers with bottom-gate unloading and rotary couplers, as well as high-capacity, open-top coal gondolas that are some of the best maintained in the industry.
Open Hopper Railcar Manufacturing and Support | TrinityRail
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 complete line of market-leading, innovative open hoppers.