DL&W Coal Hoppers

DL&W Coal Hoppers (HMD42)

Location: Scranton, PA 18503 Lackawanna County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 24.462', W 75° 40.252'

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Hopper cars like these carried the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad's heaviest and most profitable freight - anthracite coal.

With increases in coal production came the need to increase hauling capacity. In the decades before 1900, the DL&W progressed from six-ton-capacity jimmies, to twenty-ton wood drop-bottom cars, to forty- and fifty-ton steel hoppers for hauling coal. Steel hoppers, like those in front of you, were loaded from above and emptied through two bottom chutes. Some railroads used rotary dumpers, which turned the entire hopper car upside down to speed unloading.
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HM NumberHMD42
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Date Added Saturday, September 27th, 2014 at 2:05am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 443928 N 4584234
Decimal Degrees41.40770000, -75.67086667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 24.462', W 75° 40.252'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 24' 27.72" N, 75° 40' 15.12" W
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Area Code(s)570
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 150 S Washington Ave, Scranton PA 18503, US
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