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Hopper car

A hopper car (NAm) or hopper wagon (UIC) is a type of railroad freight car that has opening doors or gates on the underside or on the sides to discharge its cargo. They are used to transport loose solid bulk commodities such as coal, ore, grain, and track ballast. Plastic pellets and some finely ground material, similar to flour, are transported in…

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Hopper car

Nodes69
Edges68
Triples58
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028986
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Hopper car

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related to Use · 20
Hopper car → Alberta, Canadian, Coke Express, CSX, Duluth, Great Plains, Hopper, Illinois, Indiana, Iron Range Railway, Large, Manitoba, Minnesota's Iron Range, Missabe, North America, Ore, Saskatchewan, The, The Coke Express, These
related to Gallery · 13
Hopper car → Cars, COKE EXPRESSTwo-bay, CSX, Engineering Works, German, Indian RailwaysUnloading, Non North American, North American, Pittsburg, Reading RailroadNOKL, Texas, The Coke Express, Western Rail Road
related to Types · 7
Hopper car → Closed, Covered, Open, Portland, Removable, These, Two
related to history · 4
Hopper car → Chaucer's, Historically, The, The Reeve's Tale
related to Typical North American freight car weights and wheel loads · 4
Hopper car → As, Increase, Moreover, The
used for · 1
Hopper car → the transport of plastic pellets.a two-bay through-sill CSX covered hopperCovered hopper grain carA rapid discharge hopper car used for the transport of iron ore.A 2-bay covered…

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hopper cars car used grain covered unloading hoppers ore sides commodities wheel loads freight coal rail transport bottom opening open

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coalinstance ofThey are used to transport loose solid bulk commodities0.80text
oreinstance ofThey are used to transport loose solid bulk commodities0.80text
graininstance ofThey are used to transport loose solid bulk commodities0.80text
and track ballastinstance ofThey are used to transport loose solid bulk commodities0.80text
coalinstance ofare used for commodities0.80text
which can suffer exposure with less detrimental effect.Removable canvas covers are sometimes used to protect moisture sensitive commodities in open hopper carsinstance ofare used for commodities0.80text
corninstance ofThese trains are used primarily for hauling products0.80text
wheatinstance ofThese trains are used primarily for hauling products0.80text
barleyinstance ofThese trains are used primarily for hauling products0.80text
Hopper carused forthe transport of plastic pellets.a two-bay through-sill CSX covered hopperCovered hopper grain carA rapid discharge hopper car used for the transport of iron ore.A 2-bay covered…0.80text
Hopper carrelated to GalleryNon North American0.60section
Hopper carrelated to GalleryEngineering Works0.60section

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