| Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class HC-4 85266 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in April 1982, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. It appears that these gentlemen were repairing or replacing the latches on the hatches. The following is from Burlington Route Historical Society's Bulletin 20, COVERED HOPPERS, edited by Hol Wagner; General American introduced the Dry-Flo car in 1958, and the Q bought 100 of the 3,500 cubic foot cars the next year. CB&Q ( car numbers ) 85200 - 85299, class HC-4, were delivered during May and June 1959 in the new image gray and red paint scheme, Dry-Flo cars ( were equipped ) with one compartment, 10 loading hatches, six GATC vacuum discharge outlets. Survivors of the CB&Q 85200 -85299 series were renumbered into the BN 475800 - 475899 series, although numbers 85208 and 85217 were renumbered into the BN series 448033 - 448042 . |