| Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class LO-8 86521 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in January 1981, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The following is from Burlington Route Historical Society's Bulletin 20, COVERED HOPPERS, edited by Hol Wagner: The Q's first Hi-Cube Center-Flow covered hoppers joined the roster in 1966, 600 4,600 cubic foot triple hopper grain cars classed LO-8 and numbered CB&Q 86200 - 86699, and FW&D 3051 - 3150. All LO-8's were divided into three compartments and featured three-section trough loading hatches. All but Q 86690 - 86699 had Enterprise gravity outlets, the last 10 cars were equipped with ACF pneumatic outlets. The cars were built at AC&F's Huntington, West Virginia plant starting in March 1966. |