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TWO PHOTOS: COLLECTION OF BOB’S PHOTO


top chord. The additional-height ribs held massive cypress logs in place while operating in dedicated service from Florida swamps and out to Copeland and Perry, Florida, on the ACL mainline. The modified cars were re-classed as K-10-A by the railroad. During this era, ACL was one of the few Class 1 railroads willing to modify cars for shipment of forestry products, so the modification of over 60 percent of the then-new K-10’s should come as no surprise. In the 1940’s, the ACL modified over 200 P-11 flat cars with logging fixtures and re-classed them as P-11-H, and it also operated over a hundred P-9-A class log cars built specifically to haul logs. These cars re- ceived very rough handling and gener- ally did not go off line.


Dedicated cypress train service end- ed in 1957, and ACL promptly removed the extended-height fixtures on 85 K- 10-A cars. Rather than removing the


TWO PHOTOS: PULLMAN-STANDARD; COURTESY BILL GRIFFIN


This in-service view (top left) shows a mod- ified K-10-A gondola with the logging fix- tures removed. Note the additional “ribs.” This car has also had wire lading anchors welded to each side panel. Pullman-Stan- dard had its photographer shoot brand new K-15 No. 95392 (center left) upon delivery to the ACL. Additional photos of the K-15 cars can be found in the 1949 Car Builder’s Cyclopedia. Unlike the K-9 and K-10 cars, the K-15’s featured wire lading anchors welded to the outside of each panel. Prismo reflective stripes were added as the cars were repainted. ACL K-17 No. 95757 (left) had wire lading anchors welded along the top chord and the Improved Dreadnaught ends. Here (below) are a pair of ACL K-10-A cars in dedicated log service. Note the ribs extending from the bottom sill through the top chord. Chains were fixed to the top of the posts and slung around the logs to se- cure them for movement. The unusual loco- motive is a dieselized Shay.


PHOTO BY GEORGE T. RAHILLY; RUSSELL TEDDER COLLECTION: COPELAND, FL; 1954


RAILROAD MODEL CRAFTSMAN


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