Ortner Freight Car Co. hopper car OFAX 85083 has a light weight of 51,000 pounds, a load limit of 235,000 pounds, a gross rail load 286,000 pounds and a capacity of 4065 cubic feet. It was photographed on an empty Canadian National-Illinois Central unit train at Frenier, Louisiana, en route from the Rail-Marine Terminal Co. terminal on the Mississippi River at Convent, Louisiana back to a mine in Illinois. |