Southern Pacific Freight Cars, Vol. 5
Hoppers, Covered Hoppers, Tank Cars

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

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