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hopper car

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hopper car [′häp·ər ‚kär]
(engineering)
A freight car with a permanent roof and a hinged floor sloping to one or more hoppers for discharging contents by gravity.


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The potential applications for CADI include: vehicle engines such as cam followers and shafts; agriculture such as ground engaging tools, wear plates, and harvester, picker and baler parts; and railroad such as contact suspension components and hopper car wear plates.
Some of the ammonium phosphate spilled out of a hopper car, Brooks said.
A substantial increase in tank railcar deliveries was more than offset by a decline in hopper car shipments.
 
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