ACFX 47656, Columbus OH 2006
early, pre-1971 body
ACFX 49207, Columbus OH 2006
later, post-1971 body
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A descriptive guide to freight car types.
Welcome
Feel free to add comments about particular car types to the comment area. Builders, dates built, sizes and weights are all welcome, with the hopes of some day providing a complete source for car type information.
Cars with an "unknown" tag need basic car identification.
Please note that cars are often modified. Boxcars often get new doors, ladders and steps may be removed or modified. Note details unlikely to be changed with rebuilding or repurposing, like ribs.
Builders may adjust the design of cars during production lifetime. This is particularly true in the case of covered hoppers, with blind panels gaining ribs, etc.
Cars with an "unknown" tag need basic car identification.
Please note that cars are often modified. Boxcars often get new doors, ladders and steps may be removed or modified. Note details unlikely to be changed with rebuilding or repurposing, like ribs.
Builders may adjust the design of cars during production lifetime. This is particularly true in the case of covered hoppers, with blind panels gaining ribs, etc.
Labels
- 2 bay (14)
- 3 bay (20)
- 4 bay (3)
- 4750 (6)
- acf covered hopper (11)
- beth covered hopper (3)
- boxcar (10)
- coal (7)
- coil (1)
- covered hopper (37)
- cylindrical (1)
- FA (1)
- FA boxcar (1)
- fge boxcar (1)
- fmc covered hopper (3)
- gondola (5)
- johnstown covered hopper (1)
- magor covered hopper (2)
- NSC covered hopper (1)
- PS boxcar (3)
- PS covered hopper (6)
- reefer (1)
- rotary dump (7)
- tank car (1)
- TR boxcar (2)
- trash (1)
- trinty covered hopper (2)
- unknown (3)
About Me
Abbreviations
ACF-American Car and Foundry
Beth-Bethlehem Freight Car
FA-FreightCar America
FGE-Fruit Growers Express
GA-General American
Green-Greenville Steel Car Co.
JA-Johnstown America
NSC-Nat'l Steel Car
PS-Pullman Standard
RTC-Richmond Tank Car
TR-Trinity Rail
Beth-Bethlehem Freight Car
FA-FreightCar America
FGE-Fruit Growers Express
GA-General American
Green-Greenville Steel Car Co.
JA-Johnstown America
NSC-Nat'l Steel Car
PS-Pullman Standard
RTC-Richmond Tank Car
TR-Trinity Rail
Thank you
Site proprietor Chris Crook would like to thank the members of the Modern Freight Car List (MFCL) Yahoo group for their knowledge and patience (and excellent archives.)
1 comment:
pre-1971, as per upper side plate (near roof) has single "line" parallel to roof. post 1971 had three "lines" parallel to roof.
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