Description
HO Scale F89-F Flat Car, WTTX 'Twin 45' #914054 (GEN F89-F)
This HO scale F89-F flat car adds a authentic piece of late twentieth-century railroading to your layout and runs well alongside model train locomotives in intermodal or mixed freight consists. Based on the Trailer Train (now TTX Company) prototype, it is ready to run right out of the box.
Prototype Background
- Introduced in the early 1960s and a longtime mainstay of contemporary railroading
- Built by Bethlehem Steel Company's Johnstown, PA plant, with more than 9,000 cars produced throughout the 1960s
- Measures 89' 8" over the strikers
- Recognizable by its "C" channel side sills
- Adapted over the years for trailer-on-flatcar (TOFC) service, autoracks, structural steel loads, and more
Model Highlights
- Designed with many prototype details and variations drawn from field measurements and builder diagrams
- Raised and lowered hitches included
- Extra hitches included to model different trailer-carrying configurations
- Detailed deck
- Highly detailed, injection-molded body
- Die-cast underframe and weighted for dependable operation
- Wire formed brake plumbing and separately applied brake ratchet
- Body-mounted knuckle couplers
Trucks and Wheels
- 70-ton roller bearing trucks with animated, rotating bearing caps
- Machined metal wheels with .110" tread and RP25 contours
- Wheels operate on Code 55, 70, 75, 80, 83, and 100 rail
Operating Notes
- Suitable for layouts set from the 1960s to the present day
- Use for dedicated intermodal trains or mixed freight
- Minimum radius: 22"
- Recommended radius: 24" or larger
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