Covered Hopper Cars
Suitable Commodities
Agricultural and Food Products- Ammonium Nitrate
- Ammonium Phosphate
- Animal Feed
- Barley
- Corn
- Corn Meal & Gluten
- Dry Distillers Grain (DDG)
- Fertilizer
- Grain Mill Products
- Meal
- Oat Meal or Flour
- Oats
- Phosphates
- Potash
- Soybeans
- Soybean Byproducts
- Rice
- Sugar
- Super Phosphates
- Urea
- Wet Corn Milling Products
- Wheat
- Bentonite Clay
- Cement
- Clay
- Clinker
- Fly Ash
- Gypsum
- Kaolin Clay
- Lime
- Nonmetallic Minerals
- Phosphates
- Roofing Granules
- Salt
- Sand- Industrial, Foundry, Frac, Construction
- Soda Ash
- Sodium Bicarbonate
- Zeolites
Capacity:
3,000 cubic foot used for denser products such as sand and cement; 4,750 and 5,200 cubic foot used for less dense products, such as grains and dry chemicals; 5,800 to 6,350 cubic foot used for some of your lightest products, such as dry distiller grains (DDGs).Gross Rail Weight Limit:
Cars built for the requirements of 286,000 lbs. or 263,000 lbs. gross rail weight limits.Unloading Outlet Gates:
Gravity discharge gates for free flowing products and pneumatic, or combination gravity/ pneumatic discharge gates for products with slower flow characteristics, that would realize improved unloading with the use of regulated air pressure.Loading Hatch Covers:
Trough, round, or hatch in hatch covers are available.Interior Linings:
Cars can be interior lined with a variety of coatings suitable for a wide range of technical or food grade products.