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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-12
User Notes:   50 ton Rodger Selective ballast

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CB&Q Class MWB-12 220575
Title:  CB&Q Class MWB-12 220575
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class MWB-12 220575 at Princeton, Illinois on an unknown day in December 1976, Kodachrome by Edward M. DeRouin, Chuck Zeiler collection. The following is from the book "CB&Q Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment", by Michael J. Spoor: The Burlington returned to American Car & Foundry in April 1938 for 100 more 50-ton Rodger Selective ballast cars. These cars, numbered 220500 - 220599 and classified MWB-12, had a capacity of 1,970 cu. ft. and with an inside length of 33'4", were somewhat longer that the earlier cars ( Class MWB-10, # 220000 - 220199 ).
Photo Date:  12/1/1976  Upload Date: 3/9/2017 3:57:05 PM
Location:  Princeton, IL
Author:  Edward M. DeRouin
Categories:  RollingStock
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