HO -  70 Ton 2-Bay Closed Side Covered Hopper Kits

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.  

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#56100 Undecorated In Stock	ATSF  Blt 1-49 $13.95 #56560 Road #181552 Discontinued   #56561 Road #181566 Discontinued    #56562 Road #181589 Discontinued
70 Ton 2-Bay Covered Hopper Burlington Blt 2-57 #56632     Road #181457 Discontinued #56633     Road #181461 Discontinued #56634     Road #181472 Discontinued	#56101 Burlington Northern Discontinued
Chesapeake & Ohio #56677  Car #721 Discontinued  #56678  Car #757 In Stock  #56679  Car #759 In Stock
70 Ton 2-Bay Covered Hopper Central Of Georgia Blt 9-44 #56448 Car #1339 In Stock  #56449 Car #1353 In Stock  #56450 Car #1372 In Stock  #56148 Central of Georgia Discontinued	#56369 Road #80002 Discontinued  #56370 Road #80009 Discontinued  #56371 Road #80026 Discontinued  #56129 C&EI Discontinued
#56150 C&O In Stock	#56122 Delaware & Hudson In Stock
#56123 Delaware & Hudson In Stock	#56124 Delaware & Hudson In Stock
#56116 D&TS In Stock	70 Ton 2-Bay Covered Hopper Erie Lackawanna Blt 4-49 #56445 Car #21206 Discontinued  #56446 Car #21264  Discontinued #56447 Car #21223  Discontinued #56103 Erie Lackawanna Discontinued
#56142 Erie Lackawanna In Stock	#56133 GE Lamps In Stock
#56119 GE Lamps In Stock	70 Ton 2-Bay Covered Hopper Lehigh Valley Blt 9-52 #56487 Car #50569 Discontinued  #56488 Car #50572 Discontinued  #56489 Car #50579 Discontinued  #56146 Lehigh Valley Discontinued
#56121 Napierville Junction Discontinued	#56104 New York Central In Stock
#56147 Northampton & Bath In Stock	#56105 Northampton & Bath Discontinued
#56115 Milwaukee In Stock	#56131 MKT In Stock
70 Ton 2-Bay Covered Hopper Milwaukee Road, Blt 5-49 56734 Road #99224 In Stock 56735 Road #99252 In Stock 56736 Road #99265 In Stock	70 Ton 2-Bay Hopper Monon Blt 12-41 #56427  Road #4201  $13.95 Discontinued #56428 Road #4203  $13.95 In Stock #56429 Road #4210  $13.95 In Stock #56144 Monon Discontinued
Pittsburgh & West Virginia Blt 4-48 #56629            Road #1901 Discontinued #56630            Road #1902 Discontinued #56631            Road #1908 In Stock #56151  P & W V Discontinued	70 Ton 2-Bay Hopper Closed Side Santa Fe Blt 1-49 56800 Rd #181574 In Stock 56801 Rd #181592 Discontinued 56802 Rd #181600 Discontinued
70 Ton 2-Bay Hopper SSW Blt 10-49 #56424  Road #77009  $13.95 In Stock #56425  Road #77020  $13.95 In Stock #56426  Road #77042  $13.95 In Stock #56110 SSW In Stock	70 Ton 2-Bay Covered Hopper Southern Pacific Reblt 3-71 #56635 Road #400279 Discontinued #56636 Road #400302 Discontinued #56637 Road #400312 Discontinued
#56125 Southern Pacific (T&NO In Stock)	#56136 Southern Pacific In Stock
#56109 Southern Pacific Discontinued	#56132 Union Pacific In Stock