Cement Hopper
Numbers: 14500, 14504, 14508, 14602 (GNRR 14603-14609 leased out of state) - 11 total
Built by: American Car and Foundry
Date Built: 1965 for the 14500s and 1970 for the 14600s
Capacity: 100 ton (3,500 cf)
Length: 54'
Height: ? 
Comments: Cylindrical cement hopper with 6 round hatches at center, 3 bays, 3 outlets

 

Photos of new hoppers

hopper
Photo courtesy of the Anchorage Museum of History and Art
BL79.2.426

hopper
No. 14508 with Trainmaster Walter R. Strong
Photo courtesy of the Anchorage Museum of History and Art
BL79.2.425

 

14500

Covered hopper #14500 in Fairbanks, June 10, 2000
Photograph courtesy of Curt Fortenberry