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Douglas vV

March 25, 2007 08:07PM

If I recall correctly, the 700s were for coal, and other bulk commodities with high density. The 800's were built with high fence-like sides for transporting the lower density coke. At some point in time, the 800s lost their coke sides and became basically interchangeable with the 700s.
Doug

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