Paint Shop – 91 : Akron, Canton & Youngstown Boxcar 1916, part 2

: ACY1916

Here are the data of the car and a belief history of the railroad.

ACY 1700 – 1999 series boxcars:
The group #1850 to #1999 series cars were built by Pullman-Standard in January 1964.
The group #1700 to #1849 series cars were also built by Pullman-Standard in November 1964.
These cars featured the combination 9’ sliding door and 6’ plug door.
The Railroad added another 301 cars, #2200 to #2500, with the combination 9’ sliding door and 7’ plug door two years later.

The Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER) for April 1974 shows the group #1700 to #1999 with 288 cars in place, described as follows:
AAR Designation XM and description “Box, Stl. 6’ Plug Doors, Width of Slide Door Opening 15’”. The inside length of these cars was 50 feet 6 inches, inside width 9 feet 4 inches, inside height 10 feet 6 inches, outside length 51 feet 10 inches, extreme height 15 feet 1 inch, slide door opening 9 feet, and capacity 4982 cubic feet or 154,000 pounds.


Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad (reporting mark ACY) was a railroad operated within the state of Ohio from Akron, but it never reached its namesake cities Canton or Youngstown.

It was established as the Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railway in 1907. The Railway merged with the Northern Ohio Railway to reach Delphos and formed the Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad in 1944. Norfolk & Western Railway took control of the ACY in 1964, and it was finally merged into Norfolk Southern Railway in 1982.

Today, only the eastern half of the former ACY route remains active operated by Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway.

The map below is the part of the “Union Pacific Map of the United States” printed in 1971, with the 1966 ACY route traced in red line by the author.

: 1966 ACY route

　
以下に、該当車両の概要、およびAkron, Canton and Youngstown Railroadの簡単な歴史を記す。

ACY 1700 – 1999 series boxcars:
AARによる分類：XM
内寸：長手50フィート６インチ、 短手9フィート４インチ、 天井高10フィート６インチ
外寸：長手51フィート10インチ、 最高高さ15フィート1インチ、扉開口幅15フィート
容積：4982 立方フィート／154,000 パウンド
288両在籍（April 1974 ORER）

Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad (reporting mark ACY)は、1907年にオハイオ州Akronで設立された鉄道である。名前にあるCantonやYoungstownには到達せず、逆に西進しオハイオ州Delphosに至った。1964年にNorfolk and Western Railwayにより買収された後、1982年にNorfolk Southern Corp.の成立とともに消滅。路線の東側半分は現在もWheeling & Lake Erie Railwayとして存続している。

地図は、筆者の手元にあった1971年発行のUnion Pacificによる全米路線図上に、該当路線を赤色で書き込んだものである。