St. Louis - San Francisco (Frisco)
Road Number SL-SF 88470
This black 100 ton 3-bay open hopper wears the large, white billboard with white lettering and runs on black Barber? roller bearing trucks. Built by the Frisco at the CMS Springfield, Missouri, shops in September 1977. Frisco hoppers from this series 88400-88599 were constructed using ACF kits. In the late 1970?s, the Consolidated Mechanical Shops (CMS), or Springfield Shops, built thousands of new cars on a single assembly line.