NEW LOAD

This black 33’ twin bay hopper with offset sides and white lettering runs on black Bettendorf trucks and carries a sand load. In the early seventies, 184 class HTv hoppers were modified by closing off the hoppers with flat plate steel for sand loading. The modification converted them to high side gondolas of mechanical designation GT. This car still displays the now incorrect mechanical designation of HM, even though a “g” suffix has been added to the class.