| Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class GM-6A gondola 83400 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in January 1981, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 83400 was 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. |