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Manual Ballast Cars
1750 to 2300 cubic capacity
100 ton capacity – 263,000 lbs GWR
SG of aggregate will vary loading capacity
Morrison Knudsen "Phase VI" manual ballast doors
Control Flow discharge ("
inside and outside
" of rail)