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Owner: General Electric Rail Services
Old Name: Pullman Transport Leasing Company
Type: Covered Hopper
AAR Class: LO: A permanently enclosed car, other than a box car, regardless of exterior or interior shape, for handling bulk commodities, with or without insulation and provided with openings for loading through top or sides with weather-tight covers or doors. Car may be provided with one or more bottom openings for unloading, with tight fitting covers, doors, valves, or tight fitting slide or gate to prevent leakage of lading. Car may be provided with facilities for discharge of lading through openings in top or sides and may have one or more compartments. Mechanical or other means may be provided within car to expedite loading or unloading.
AAR Type: C113
Detail Info:   Covered Hopper, Gravity Unloading, Permanent Roof, 4000-5000 cu ft capacity
Plate:   B
Dry Capacity:   4750

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PTLX Covered Hopper 33724
Title:  PTLX Covered Hopper 33724
Description:  Pullman Leasing Co. covered hopper PTLX 33724 was one of eight new CENTRAL SOYA cars in a New Orleans Public Belt train on 29 July 1973. This was one of 100 4750-cubic foot PS2CD cars (PTLX 33711-33810) that had been built under Pullman-Standard Lot 9658 in April 1973 which were painted for lease to CENTRL SOYA. This car had a LD LMT of 202,400 pounds and a LT WT of 60,600 for a gross rail load of 263,000 pounds.
Photo Date:  7/29/1973  Upload Date: 11/23/2020 10:34:11 AM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  JOHN KIRKPATRICK image
Categories:  RollingStock
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