(erielack) The EL Hot 100...Honorable Mention #20

[Patrick Moore <pat.moore_@_att.net>]

List...

I'll be running through some other frequent visitors to EL rails that did not appear in the original Hot 100 because of the method that I used to compile my statistics.  These are cars from visually similar smaller groups, that when summed would have had enough to qualify for the Hot 100.  First up is this one...

CB&Q  87400 - 87639, a 2600 cu Ft. two-bay airslide covered hopper built by General American for the CB&Q, beginning in 1954.  These cars are listed in the Equipment Register in four groups.  A fifth group (not included) contained similar 2600 cu ft. cars of a slightly later design that featured triangular gussets in the upper corners of the sides.

Picture...
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/cbq/cbq87335akg.jpg


Locations...
Most of these cars were seen hauling flour to S. B. Thomas in Little Falls, NJ, evidently from the Gooch Milling and Elevator Co. in Lincoln, Nebraska.  A few were noted going to A. Zeregas & Sons or Kraft in Fair Lawn, NJ.  At least one was noted making a delivery to Weiss Noodle Co. in Solon, Ohio.

Model...
Athearn has released a very nice model of this freight car, announced back in November 2013, but it is out of production.

http://www.athearn.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=ATH87606


A less-detailed model was also released by Con-Cor.

- -pat



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