Prologue and Acknowledgements | 5
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1. Introduction | 9
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2. Freight Car Basics | 15
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HOPPER CARS
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3. Early Coal Cars and Hoppers | 31
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4. Steel Hopper Cars, 1905-1942 | 43
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5. Postwar Open-Top Hopper Cars | 65
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6. Early Covered Hopper Cars | 93
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7. New Designs of Covered Hoppers | 129
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8. Covered Hoppers for Special Lading | 153
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TANK CARS |
9. Early Tank Cars | 183
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10. Advances in Tank Car Design | 211
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11. The Harriman Era | 233
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12. Post-Harriman Tank Cars | 269
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13. Tank Cars of the Mid-1920s | 297
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14. Tank Cars, 1928-1942 | 319
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15. Tank Cars after 1960 | 345
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Appendix 1: Additions to Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4 | 355
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Appendix 2: Diagrams | 393
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Appendix 3: Complete Specification, Class O-50-2 | 407
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Appendix 4: Color Drift Panels | 423
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Bibliography | 425
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Index | 437
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