A-C Rail Car photo from 1956!
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Topic: A-C Rail Car photo from 1956!
Posted By: JSHIVERS
Subject: A-C Rail Car photo from 1956!
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2024 at 9:31pm
I found this photo of an A-C railcar in a 1956 copy of Trains Magazine recently. I wondered if anyone else had ever seen this? I imagine this car has long gone to the scrap yard. Cool pic tho! Sorry for the lousy sizing of the photo.
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Posted By: wjohn
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2024 at 9:47pm
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That's a neat find. I'd bet you're right and they were scrapped long ago, sadly. ------------- 1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45 |
Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2024 at 10:22pm
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Yes, purpose-built for that function, once the condensers were all shipped, there was no need for the chassis, they would have pulled the bogeys and couplers, and turned the frames into reusable raw materials. ------------- Ten Amendments, Ten Commandments, and one Golden Rule solve most every problem. Citrus hand-cleaner with Pumice does the rest. |
Posted By: JayD-17(NY)
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2024 at 10:25pm
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Posted By: Kiniavelly
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2025 at 6:30am
| I saw the trapezoid trailer setup too—looks like they used it to handle the overhang of the bigger models. I've only seen a couple like that in old dealer photos. |
Posted By: Alex09(WI)
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2025 at 11:29pm
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Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2025 at 3:51am
| Most impressive! Thanks everyone for posting photos & links about it. In JayD-17(NY)’s link, it says this AC rail car had a 12’ width which is about 2’ beyond normal car’s width of around 10’. Most standard rail gaps(space between track pairs) is 14’ centers. So if 2 of these 12’ cars would have passed next to each other(switch/rail yards with multiple tracks) there would have been around 12 inches gap between them. |