The 5701 cubic foot covered hopper was introduced in the early 1970s for transporting bulk plastic pellets. Since 1972, ACF has built nearly 15,000 cars. Most of these were acquired by private companies including leasing companies, chemical companies, oil companies, and plastics companies.

Features:

Eight full-width panel body with nine weld seams

Etched metal roof walks

Ten 20" hatches

Longitudinal mounted air reservoir

Pneumatic outlets

Blackened metal wheels

Accurate painting and printing

100-ton roller-bearing trucks

Body mounted AccuMate couplers with screw-attached coupler pockets