Cotton Belt 100 ton Bethlehem hopper

[PapaXpress]

I'm stumped on this one (and the wood chip gondola). I can't find any valid references to their existence. Does anyone have any information about them?

[Chessie8638]

Can't find much info only that they had the numbers 78000-78049. Also found a photo. It's sort of bad, but it's the only one I can find right now: http://www.railgoat.railfan.net/photos/ ... odgers.jpg

Edit: They were 40 feet long and had a capacity of 4600 cubic feet. They were built by Thrall in 1962.

As far as I know the SSW never had 100 ton Bethlehem Hoppers. Talking about the Coal Hoppers correct?

[PapaXpress]

That's correct. I wanted to repaint the RWA 100t Bethlehem hopper for SSW. SP had a ton of them so maybe those were the only ones used.