40 CARS • 6 AXLES • AMERICAN STEEL FOUNDRIES TRUCKS

ACF Industries Lot No. 71-14104, January 1967

118,000 pounds Light Weight

276,000 pounds Load Limit

394,000 pounds Gross Weight

38,100 gallons

AAR Code : T609 (stainless steel tank, pressure, non-insulated)

Specification No. : ?

Plate C

Built for the Shippers' Car Line Division of ACF Industries, Inc.

Initially leased to Staufer Chemical Co. for vinyl chloride service.

Listed in Official Railway Equipment Register : Jan 1967-Jul 1985

ACF changed the reporting mark on these cars from SHPX to ACFX shortly after they were built. Although built under one lot number, they were numbered into one block of 25 cars and another of 15. Two cars were removed in the OCT 1968 ORER, so they barely lasted a year. After 10 years, 25% of the cars were gone, as 30 cars were listed in JAN 77. The big decline came between APR and OCT 1984, when the quantity dropped from 25 to 2; and the last two cars were last listed in JUL 1985.

A shrink table is provided here.

ACFX 17456	Craig Bossler	Enola, PA; 06/12/1970
ACFX 17469	Brian Ehni	DeQuincy, LA; 06/07/1978

 

ACFX 17495	Brian Ehni	Leesville, LA; 11/01/1978

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