Great Northern
Road Number GN 170039
This 3-bay ACF covered hopper with elongated hatches is painted Big Sky Blue with modernized "Rocky" herald with simplified lettering scheme in white. It runs on black Barber® roller bearing trucks. Built by ACF in 1968 as Lot #11-02692, the series 170000-170299 was the last of the covered centerflow hopper cars purchased by the GN. The hoppers carried western grain to the east to be converted into milkby Vermont dairy cattle.