In the 1930's ACF introduced a new
covered hopper which would allow bulk shipments of dry materials. Previously
these were packaged and resulted in hand loading and unloading. These
commodities included cement dry chemicals, flour, grain. sand, sugar and many
others. The first cars where shipped in October 1936 and had a capacity of
1958 cubic feet. These where soon to become a railroad standard and received
AAR designation "LO". They were 35' 3" in length had 2 bays
with 4 discharge openings, 8 square roof hatches and 70 ton weight capacity.
Through the years they were copied by several other manufacturers with very
few visible changes. In time many railroad purchased or leased these cars,
including roads such as ACL, C&O, CB&Q, Clinchfield, DT&I Erie,
Great Northern, Nickel Plate Road, N&W, Santa Fe and many others. Many
private owner cars also existed. Between 1936 and 1957 more than 21,000 of the
ACF designed cars were built some of which still can be found in company
service on various roads.
B & M "Minute Man" Blt 10-46 $13.95
#56557 Road #5503 In
Stock
#56558 Road #5509
Discontinued
#56559 Road #5518 In Stock
#55691 BM "Minute Man"
Discontinued
#55644 Burlington Northern In
Stock
Central of Georgia
#56626 Road #1301
Discontinued
#56627 Road #1304 In Stock
#56628 Road #1314 In Stock
#55612 Central of Georgia
Discontinued
#55837 Cedar Heights Clay In Stock
70 Ton 2-Bay Covered Hopper
Central Of Georgia Blt 9-44
#56511 Car #1341 In Stock
#56512 Car #1345 In Stock
#56513 Car #1348 In Stock
#55692 Central Of Georgia
Discontinued
#55881 CNJ
Discontinued
Central Soya McMillen Feed
#56601 #104 Blt 8-51
In Stock
70 Ton 2-Bay Covered Hopper
Frisco Blt 10-50
#56514 Car #83927 In Stock
#56515 Car #83946 In Stock
#56516 Car #83951 In Stock
#55637 Frisco Discontinued
#55863 Frisco In Stock
#55657 GE Lamps In Stock
#55620 GE Mazda Lamps In Stock
#55663 Gennesse & Wyoming Discontinued
#55635 Grand Trunk Discontinued
70 Ton 2-Bay Covered Hopper
Grand Trunk Blt 6-53
#56407 Road #85360 $13.95 Each
In Stock
#56408 Road #85368 $13.95 Each In Stock
#56409 Road #85376 $13.95 Each In Stock
#55852 Grand Truck Western Discontinued
#55679 Great Northern In Stock
#55681 Great Northern In Stock
70 Ton 2-Bay Covered Hopper
Great Northern Blt 10-51
#56401 Road #71012 $13.95 Each Discontinued
#56402 Road #71024 $13.95 Each
In Stock
#56403 Road #71047 $13.95 Each
In Stock
#55604 Great Northern Discontinued
#55680 Great Northern In Stock
#55618 GM&O Discontinued
#55688 Gulf Mobile & Ohio In Stock
#55666 Illinois Central Gulf Discontinued
#55627 Illinois Central In Stock
#55693 KCS Discontinued
#55824 Kimberly Clark Corp. In Stock
#55817 Kimberly Clark In Stock
#55621 Kosmos Discontinued
#55630 KO&G In Stock
Lehigh & New England
#56731 Road #12705 Discontinued
#56732 Road #12714 Discontinued
#56733 Road #12750 Discontinued
#55611 LNE Discontinued
Lasalle & Bureau County Blt 1-52
#56710 Car #104 Discontinued
#56711 Car #109 Discontinued
#56712 Car #112 In Stock
#55812 Libby Owens In Stock
#55616 L&N In Stock
#55867 L&N In Stock
#55694 L&N In Stock
70 Ton 2-Bay Covered Hopper
Maine Central Blt 10-47
#56451 Car #2430 In Stock
#56452 Car #2436 In Stock
#56453 Car #2440 In Stock
#55695 MEC Discontinued
Maine Central
#56372 Road #2419 Discontinued
#56373 Road #2433 Discontinued
#56374 Road #2440 Discontinued
#55819 Maine Central Discontinued
