Saturday, August 26, 2023

Ex Mopac hopper car used as a scrap truck in Little Rock, Ark. June 1969


A former Missouri Pacific hopper, shorn of trucks and belly gear, modified with sheet metal or plate steel, no doubt, and masquerading as a semi-truck trailer

Ex-Mopac 400860 was an all-steel open-top hopper 36-feet long, 10-feet wide, and 10-feet high above the rail. It’s rated capacity was 2,191 cubic feet or 110,000-pounds — according to The Official Railway Equipment Register, January 1967, Page 682.

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