ACL 76000 Series Flatcar

ACL 76000 Series Flatcar

The Atlantic Coast Line (ACL) acquired around 1,700 of these 40 ton flat cars from American Car & Foundry (AC&F) in 1916 and 1917. The cars were built to a standard AC&F design introduced in the early 1900s and built into the 1920s. By the end of the 1910s, slightly larger (42 foot long and 50 ton capacity) flats had mostly supplanted this design, making the ACL's order among the last.

Initially, the ACL's cars included P-11 general service flatcars (73700-74069 and 76000-76999,) P-11-A log cars (74075-74099) and P-11-C pulpwood flats (74100-74399.) By 1926, about 300 of the general service flatcars had been converted to gondolas in the 79700-79999 series. The gondolas were converted back to P-11 flats by 1938. Between 1938 and 1954, the vast majority of the general service P-11s were converted to pulpwood flats (classes P-11-E, P-11-H, P-11-J and W-3,) dedicated logging flats (P-11-F and P-11-G,) demoted to maintenance of way service or retired. In 1954, only 21 general service, 209 logging, and 652 pulpwood variants remained on the roster. As of 1966, the fleet had dwindled to 7 general service, 64 log cars and 71 pulpwood cars. No revenue examples were listed in the 1972 SCL equipment list, although many remained in maintenance of way at that time.

Although they were built with K triple valves, official equipment lists indicate 70% of the cars were equipped with AB brakes by 1946. Most cars rebuilt in the late 1940s or early 1950s were also upgraded with newer AAR U-section trucks. This model represents a car with its original trucks but the newer brake system.

Empty weight: ~33,500 lbs
Capacity: 80,000 lbs
Length over sills: 40 ft 0 in
Numbers: 73700-74069 and 76000 to 76999

ACL 76000 Series Flatcar
acl_acf_flat_alpha_numbers
alphanumber_0.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_1.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_2.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_3.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_4.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_5.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_6.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_7.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_8.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_9.tga 16.04KB
acl_acf_flat_art
acl_acf_flat_art_icon.tga 32.04KB
thumbnail.jpg 13.35KB
acl_acf_flat_body
acfflat.texture.txt 30 bytes
acfflat.tga 4.00MB
acl_acf_flat_body.lm.txt 298 bytes
airhose.im 9.04KB
airhose.kin 2.66KB
brakes.kin 3.61KB
brakes.lm.txt 266 bytes
brakes_lod1.im 22.76KB
brakes_lod2.im 984 bytes
chain-chain_a.texture.txt 47 bytes
chain.tga 4.04KB
chain_a.bmp 3.05KB
chalk1.tga 256.04KB
digit_1.tga 16.04KB
digit_2.texture.txt 30 bytes
digit_3.texture.txt 30 bytes
digit_4.texture.txt 30 bytes
digit_5.texture.txt 30 bytes
digit_6.texture.txt 30 bytes
lod1.im 260.48KB
lod2.im 141.30KB
lod3.im 49.26KB
rigging
diagonaltractor.im 63.16KB
diagonaltractor.kin 1.71KB
goods.im 44.75KB
goods.kin 984 bytes
lumber.im 11.93KB
pipes.im 8.08KB
rigging.texture.txt 30 bytes
rigging.tga 1.00MB
stakes.im 17.69KB
shadow1.texture.txt 49 bytes
shadow1.tga 64.04KB
acl_acf_flat_shadow
acl_acf_flat_shadow.im 59.28KB
shadow.texture.txt 29 bytes
shadow.tga 12.02KB
• config.txt 18.23KB
• flatcar.gs 8.20KB