This 43 ft three-bay Ortner rapid discharge hopper with sand load is painted Yellow with blue logo and blue lettering. It was built in 1994 by the Ortner Freight Car Co. of Cincinnati, OH and runs on Barber® Roller Bearing trucks. Blue Circle was the leading producer and supplier of quality cements to the Southeastern United States construction industry for many years, serving customers in 32 states and two Canadian provinces. In 2001, Lafarge S.A., the parent of Lafarge Corporation, acquired Blue Circle Industries PLC and became the world’s largest cement producer.