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Owner: Chicago Burlington & Quincy
Type: Ballast Hopper
AAR Class: MWB: Ballast Cars. All descriptions of cars used for the purpose of carrying ballast for the laying of new right of way and repairs. The car used generally for this work is of the gondola type, with side or center dump.
AAR Type: M110
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
CBQ Class:   MWB-13
User Notes:   Rodger Selective

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CB&Q MWB-13 221199
Title:  CB&Q MWB-13 221199
Description:  CB&Q class MWB-13 221199 at Saint Louis, Missouri on June 26, 1983, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The following is from the book, CB&Q Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipmwent, by Michael J. Spoor: In 1941, American Car & Foundry delivered 250 70-ton Rodger Selective ballast cars numbered 221000-221249, class MWB-13. These cars had an inside length of 40 feet 8 inches and a capacity of 2,505 cubic feet. Although the ballast hoppers were numbered in the MOW number series, they were also used in the seasonal sugar beet service.
Photo Date:  6/26/1983  Upload Date: 6/9/2014 3:20:29 PM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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