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With the need for higher capacity coal hoppers, railroads turned to new designs in the 1980s and 1990s. Bethlehem Steel Car (now renamed Johnstown-America Corp) produced the first prototype coalporter in 1978. The basic design was made from 11-panel steel, but in 1997 Conrail produced their final class of coalporters to wear the "CR" reporting marks--the 12-panel, stainless steel G52X. The roster below is the result of hard work of Robert Russell, Eric Nuebauer, and Lon Godshall. They have attempted to correct the errors that kept appearing in the Conrail coalporter rosters that magazines have been publishing the past several years.CR Series Class Build Dates ======================================= 507401-508000 G52X 07/97 - 08/97
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