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A significant portion of the Norfolk Southern's business is moving coal from
Kentucky, western Virginia, and West Virginia to power plants and transloading
facilities (ports) in the East Coast and Mid-west. Therefore the NS owns a
substantial fleet of hopper cars (HT) and high sided gondolas (GT) for moving
coal. Interestingly, the NS doesn't own very many of the newer aluminum or
hybrid gondolas, but mostly their Top Gons, which are rebuilt hopper cars. The
table below lists some of the largest classes of gondolas and hoppers.
| AAR |
Reporting |
Road #s |
Class |
Description |
Qty. |
Comments |
| GT |
CR |
503301-504799, 504801-504975 |
G52L |
Hoppers rebuilt as Bethgon Coal Porters |
9 |
|
|
|
505092-506402, 506403-507400 |
G52R |
Hoppers rebuilt as Bethgon Coal Porters |
12 |
|
|
|
507401-508001 |
G52X |
Hoppers rebuilt as Bethgon Coal Porters |
5 |
|
| GT |
NS |
10000-10256 |
G83 |
Trinity Aluminator |
3 |
|
|
|
20000-20001 |
G84R |
Top Gon Prototype |
0 |
|
|
|
20002-20249, 25000-25749,
39000-39999 |
G85R |
Ribbed Bottom Top Gon |
18 |
|
|
|
25750-25999 |
G85R |
Smooth Bottom Top Gon |
3 |
|
|
|
21000-23339 |
G86R |
Ribbed Bottom Top Gon |
24 |
|
|
|
23340-23999 |
G86R |
Smooth Bottom Top Gon |
4 |
|
|
|
10300-10630 |
G87 |
Johnston America CoalPorter |
3 |
|
| |
|
24700-24799 |
G88R |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
26000-28999, 36000-37999 |
G89R |
|
35 |
|
| |
|
29000-31999, 38000-38800 |
G90R |
|
35 |
|
| |
|
32000-33999 |
G91R |
|
8 |
|
| |
|
34000-35499 |
G93R |
|
12 |
|
| |
|
40000-45009 |
G98R |
Smooth Bottom Top Gon |
23 |
|
| |
|
42500-44999 |
G100R |
|
4 |
|
| HT |
CR |
495003-495499 |
H1M |
3 Bay Hopper |
2 |
|
| |
|
496050-497899, 498295-498424 |
H2 |
4 Bay Hopper |
10 |
|
| |
|
497900-498254 |
H2B |
4 Bay Hopper |
2 |
|
|
|
498425-499024 |
H2C |
4 Bay Hopper |
3 |
|
| HT |
NS |
300000-300009 |
H55R |
|
0 |
|
|
|
300300-302299 |
H62R |
|
16 |
|
|
|
322000-324999 |
H11AR |
|
1 |
|
|
|
305000-306999, 308500313999, |
H11BR |
|
4 |
|
|
|
307000-307999, 314000-314999,
331000-332999 |
H11CR |
|
4 |
|
|
|
316000-319999 |
H11DR |
|
4 |
|
|
|
320000-321018 |
H11ER |
|
1 |
|
| HT |
NW |
92000-94999 |
H11AR |
|
1 |
|
|
|
3000-6999,
8500-13999 |
H11BR |
|
43 |
|
|
|
4701-4794,
7000-7999, 14000-14999, 131000-133499 |
H11CR |
|
3 |
|
|
|
116000-119999, 131027-133093 |
H11DR |
|
8 |
|
|
|
120000-121018 |
H11ER |
|
2 |
|
|
|
144000-146449 |
H49 |
|
22 |
|
| HT |
SOU |
76600-77199 |
H18 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
77200-77799 |
H19 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
78400-78799 |
H21 |
|
0 |
|
| HTS |
CR |
493001-493199 |
|
3 Bay Ortner Rapid Discharge Hopper |
2 |
|
| HTS |
NS |
376000-376325 |
H56 |
5 Bay Rapid Discharge Hopper |
3 |
|
|
|
390500-390589 |
H58 |
5 Bay Rapid Discharge Hopper |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Grand Total |
357 |
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