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Owner: Chicago Burlington & Quincy
Type: Gondola
AAR Class: GBR: Open top car, having fixed sides, fixed or drop ends and solid bottom equipped with roof
AAR Type: E320
Detail Info:   Equipped Gondola, Inside Length: 48-52ft
CBQ Class:   GM-6A

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CB&Q Class GM-6A 83471
Title:  CB&Q Class GM-6A 83471
Description:  CB&Q Class GM-6A 83471 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in November 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built by the CB&Q at Havelock, Nebraska during 1967, one of 100 cars in the 83400 - 83499 number series equipped with removable roof sections. The October 1971 ORER ( Official Railway Equipment Register ) shows numbers 83400 - 83405 ( AAR Class E340, Mechanical Designation GBSR ) equipped for aluminum coil load, the 83406 - 83499 equipped for steel coil load ( AAR Class E320, Mechanical Designation GBR ), except cars 83442, 83445, 83473, and 83487 equipped for coil tin plate loading and differing in AAR Mechanical Designation GBSR.
Photo Date:  11/1/1979  Upload Date: 9/10/2013 1:52:01 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
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