Description
Magic Cars ATSF #292138 HO Scale F89-F Flat Car
This HO scale flat car is a model of the F89-F, a long flatcar that has been a common sight on North American railroads since the early 1960s. Magic Cars offers it alongside its model train locomotives for modelers who want a realistic freight consist.
Prototype History
The F89-F was introduced in the early 1960s and built in large numbers at Bethlehem Steel's Johnstown, Pennsylvania plant. More than 9,000 cars were produced throughout the decade, each measuring 89 feet 8 inches over the strikers. Their "C" channel side sills set them apart from other long flatcars of the period.
Versatile Service History
Over the years, these cars were adapted for trailer-on-flatcar service, autorack loading, and structural steel shipments. Many were later converted for vehicle loading, pipe service, and other uses. Cars frequently changed configurations to meet shippers' needs, and the hitch arrangements reflected the trailer lengths each car was equipped to carry.
Model Highlights
This model was developed from field measurements and builder diagrams to capture many prototype details and variations. Separate hitches, body variants, and detail parts allow the car to be represented in several configurations across different eras, including the four-hitch XTTX arrangement.
Features
- Die-cast underframe for added heft and stable tracking
- Raised and lowered hitches included
- Detailed deck
- Decorated and fully assembled, ready to run out of the box
- 70-ton roller bearing trucks with animated, rotating bearing caps
- Wheels with RP25 contours that operate on Code 55, 70, 75, 80, 83, and 100 rail
- Weighted for dependable operation
- Wire formed brake plumbing
- Highly detailed, injection-molded body
- Separately applied brake ratchet
- Machined metal wheels
- Body-mounted operating scale knuckle couplers
- XTTX version includes four hitches to handle different trailer lengths, plus extra raised and collapsed hitches to model other configurations
Operation
Suitable for layouts set from the 1960s to the present day, this car can be run in dedicated intermodal trains or mixed freight consists.
Specifications
- Scale: HO
- Minimum radius: 22 inches
- Recommended radius: 24 inches or more
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