Frito Lay Chip Plant

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Always check bing maps as well, since their birds eye view can sometimes be superior to what you get with google. At the very least, its different pictures that reveal different details.

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Clicking 3D mode on google also "tilts" the view but it attempts to render the rail cars in 3D as well, which is a little messy.

My guess is that they are regular grain hoppers on the bottom, and not any special kind of "Pressuraide" or pneumatic hoppers. My main suspicion is driven by the "single covered" unloading point. My guess is that there is a pit or device between the rails that pulls from each gate of the hopper, rather than through any pipeline system (at least initially). Otherwise, you'd see hoses and connections to pipelines running along a spur, since such a set up wouldn't need and individual unloading point (in theory).

Now, body style for these hoppers doesn't matter, as along as the gates on the bottom match the unloading facilities. When picking out a railcar, read the fine print on the side at the hobby shop. At the very least, it will help you sort out cars that are clearly carrying chemicals/plastics rather than food/corn products. Even the length doesn't necessarily matter. While its most cost effective to ship the largest railroad car you can fill, in the bing map link of Arlington, you can see a shorter hopper, and that's fine too.

This photo right here makes me also fairly certain they use regular hoppers, considering it is lettered for the company, and probably even the specific plant we are looking at! There seems to be a similar hopper at the Arlington plant in the google link you posted.