Overview

We carry a variety of specialty covered hoppers for lease. Our cars feature a fluidized pneumatic system that uses air pressure to regulate product flow.

Key features:

• Fluidized pneumatic system
• Various capacities available
• Gravity or pneumatic discharge

Specialty covered hoppers transport the following commodities:

• Bentonite Clay
• Calcium Carbonate
• Carbon Black
• Cement
• Clay
• Construction Sand
• Corn Flour
• Corn Meal
• Corn Starch
• Dry Chemicals
• Flour
• Fly Ash
• Food Products
• Foundry Sand
• Grain Mill Products
• Gypsum Products
• Industrial Sand
• Kaolin Clay
• Lime
• Meal
• Nonmetallic Minerals
• Oat Meal or Flour
• Purified terephthalic acid
• Powdered resins
• Sand
• Salt
• Soda Ash
• Sodium Compounds
• Soybean Byproducts
• Sugar
• Talc
• Vermiculite
• Wet Corn Milling Products
• Zeolites, Natural

Below are some of the specialty covered hoppers available for lease through Rail Services:

• 4180 to 5800 cu.ft fluidized – gravity
• 3500 to 6200 cu ft, fluidized – pneumatic
• 2785 to 5800 cu ft slurry

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