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Owner: Southern
Type: Covered Hopper
AAR Class: LO: A permanently enclosed car, other than a box car, regardless of exterior or interior shape, for handling bulk commodities, with or without insulation and provided with openings for loading through top or sides with weather-tight covers or doors. Car may be provided with one or more bottom openings for unloading, with tight fitting covers, doors, valves, or tight fitting slide or gate to prevent leakage of lading. Car may be provided with facilities for discharge of lading through openings in top or sides and may have one or more compartments. Mechanical or other means may be provided within car to expedite loading or unloading.
AAR Type: C114
Detail Info:   Covered Hopper, Gravity Unloading, Permanent Roof, Greater than 5000 cu ft capacity
Plate:   C
Max Gross Weight:   286000
Load Limit:   228900
Dry Capacity:   5325
Ext L/W/H:   61' 11" / 10' 8" / 15' 5"
User Notes:   "BIG JOHN" green letters
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SOU "BIG JOHN"
Title:  SOU "BIG JOHN"
Description:  Southern Ry "Big John" PS2 3-bay covered hoppers lettering came in two diffrent colors. Here with green lettering, the other was red. Finding Big John cars that are clean enough to see the lettering is hard.
Photo Date:  12/11/2003  Upload Date: 1/22/2006 3:59:50 PM
Location:  Columbus, GA
Author:  Ken Roble
Categories:  RollingStock
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SOUTHEN "BIG JOHN" green letters
Title:  SOUTHEN "BIG JOHN" green letters
Description:  Southern Railway's "BIG JOHN" Covered hopper. Its hard to find them clean enough to read the road number on some.
Photo Date:  5/29/2006  Upload Date: 8/27/2006 6:15:39 PM
Location:  Columbus, GA
Author:  Ken Roble
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  401   Comments: 0
SOU 8747
Title:  SOU 8747
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2006  Upload Date: 9/28/2007 2:17:46 AM
Location:  Atlanta, GA
Author:  Nick Henderson
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  204   Comments: 0
"Big Bad John"
Title:  "Big Bad John"
Description:  a southern "big john"
Photo Date:  7/9/2010  Upload Date: 7/11/2010 7:13:25 PM
Location:  Sandersville, GA
Author:  Jordan Hood
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  230   Comments: 0
SOU 8747
Title:  SOU 8747
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/22/2011  Upload Date: 4/28/2011 11:28:55 PM
Location:  Savannah, GA
Author:  Raymond Stewart
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  157   Comments: 0
SOU 8747
Title:  SOU 8747
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/29/2013  Upload Date: 6/14/2013 4:01:49 PM
Location:  Waycross, GA
Author:  Allan Williams Jr.
Categories:  Yard,Action
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Views:  148   Comments: 1
SOU 8747
Title:  SOU 8747
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/4/2013  Upload Date: 7/4/2013 8:41:58 PM
Location:  Waycross, GA
Author:  max linder
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Views:  102   Comments: 0

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