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The number with which Conrail repainted this RDG car is wrong, which happens frequently. Checking the original painted-over end numbers, the correct reporting mark should read CR 484193, which is correct for an HTg class hopper. The number that Conrail gave the car does not exist! Standard hopper. Location: Wyomissing, PA 10-26-96 Photo Online: March 6, 2004 |
 CR 484649 Bob Waller (125K) |
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483557 was delivering coal to the APCO plant at Glen Lyn, VA on 21 December 2000, in the company of EL 33305. (As of 2 March 2001, this hopper had disappeared from the NS roster.) Location: Glen Lyn, VA 12-21-00 Photo Online: May 29, 2004 |
 RDG 483557 Joe Shaw (137K) |
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A detail shot of the B end of the car. Location: Glyn Lyn, VA 12-21-00 Photo Online: May 29, 2004 |
 RDG 483557 Joe Shaw (137K) |
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Note the paint chalking off the reporting marks and running down the side of the car. Location: Reading, PA (CP Belt) 10-96 Photo Online: March 6, 2004 |
 RDG 483593 Bob Waller (111K) |
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The old colored bar code sticker from the 1970s is still on this car if you look on the right side. Location: Pittsburgh, PA 1997 Photo Online: May 9, 1998 |
 RDG 483873 Bill Waller (54K) |
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Talk about far from home rails! Chris spotted this in CA! Chris says that the car was in coal service destined to one of the local cement plants there - UP has been leasing several CR hoppers for coal loading out of Colorado and Utah here out west. (UP has been getting entire trains of CR hoppers during the early part of 1999 at least. Not sure if NS/CSX will continue it.) Location: Mojave, CA 3-12-99 Photo Online: June 4, 1999 |
 RDG 483875 Chris Butts (53K) |
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While all the HTg hoppers are basically the same, the weathering makes each car individual and adds to the realism of any model railroad. Location: Danbury, CT 11-29-80 Photo Online: October 15, 1998 |
 RDG 483980 Bob Dobrowolski (67K) |
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Your standard HTg hopper still in classic Reading reporting marks. Location: Aberdeen, MD 6-78 Photo Online:October 27, 2001 |
 RDG 484020 Dick Leonhardt (59K) |
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RDG 484025 was built 12-75, one of the last hoppers before Conrail. Location: East Deerfield, MA 8-10-83 Photo Online: June 21, 2006 |
 RDG 484025 Carl Weber (201K) |
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A nice shot of modern coal loading. Location: Bluefield, WV 1-13-02 Photo Online: May 29, 2004 |
 RDG 484220 Joe Shaw (126K) |
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The reporting mark paint chalking seems to have been a problem with these cars, though this one doesn't haven't as bad as other. Location: Wyomissing, PA 10-96 Photo Online: March 6, 2004 |
 RDG 484313 Bob Waller (122K) |
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The side shot shots some of the damage the car panels have taken over its 20 years of service. Location: Reading, PA (CP Belt) 1-95 Photo Online: March 6, 2004 |
 RDG 484390 Bob Waller (83K) |
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