NEB&W Guide to Spiderweb-Type & Other Odd Hopper CarsThis file is open to website members only
Last Update: 2009-11-02
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In the January (I think) 8, 1901 Railroad Gazette, there were plans of a steel hopper from ACF. The sides tapered in like later ore cars, and the cars had three diagonals, but few verticals, so these didn't create trusses. The side sills had bridge-type lattice. It didn't take the industry long to realize