Hopper car
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A hopper car or hopper wagon is a type of railroad freight car that has opening doors or gates on the underside or on the sides to discharge its cargo. They are used to transport loose solid bulk comm
Covered hopper cars carrying frac sand on the BNSF Railway through La Crosse, Wisconsin
Hopper cars may carry hazardous materials, such as this one in the Midwestern United States. Its payload of ammonium nitrate is indicated by the UN number on the diamond-shaped U.S. DOT placard.
This covered hopper car originally was built in the 1950s for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. After the 1967 SCL merger, these cars were fitted with rotary couplers and used in Bone Valley phosphate service.
Swedish iron ore hopper (mineral wagon), built in 1900
Open wagon
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An open wagon forms a large group of railway goods wagons designed primarily for the transportation of bulk goods that are not moisture-retentive and can usually be tipped, dumped or shovelled. The In
Hopper car
…A hopper car (NAm) or hopper wagon (UIC) is a type of railroad freight car that has opening doors or gates on the underside or on the sides to discharge its cargo. They are used to…
A Class Ow goods wagon on the Saxon narrow gauge railways with Heberlein brakes
Open wagon for peat, 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Twin-axled UIC Type 1 open wagon, used as an ash wagon, on a transporter wagon in Zittau
A Czech (ČD) twin-axled open wagon of UIC Type 2 in Raspenava