Milwaukee Road
Road Number MILW 98762
This Evans three bay covered hopper is painted aluminum with black herald and lettering. It was built in 1966 for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railway from an order of a 10 cars on Lot #16001. This car is a 4750-cuft, three compartment aluminum covered hopper with 100-ton Barber® roller bearing trucks. Corrosion resistance and the lightweight of aluminum made it especially suited to the construction of large covered hoppers. The 4750-cuft aluminum covered hopper car offers a payload of 105 tons, nearly 7 profit-tons more than a steel car of comparable size.