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The crane tender had two jobs: to protect the crane's boom and enable it to be coupled with other cars on the way to a wreck site, and to carry the tools, chains, slings and other gear needed to clear a wreck. Unlike the crane itself, which was a precision piece of gear made by a specialized company, the crane tender was usually a home-built affair, cobbled together from whatever a railroad's shop crew had lying around. Our model represents a typical such car, built from an older flatcar and part of an obsolete or wreck-damaged outside-braced wooden box car, now functioning as an equipment shed.
Intricately Detailed, Durable ABS Body. Internal Light in Cab
Metal Wheels and Axles
Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks
Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
Needle-Point Axles
(2) Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers
Operating Interior Lighting
Detailed Brake Wheel
Near-Scale Proportions
Unit Measures: 11 1/2" x 2 5/16" x 4"
Operates On O-27 Curves
Intricately Detailed, Durable ABS Body
Colorful, Attractive Paint Markings
Realistic Aluminuim Plated Body Finish
Detailed Coal Load
Metal Wheels and Axles
Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks
Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
Needle-Point Axles
(2) Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers
O Scale Kadee-Compatible Coupler Mounting Pads
1:48 Scale Dimensions
Unit Measures: 13 1/8" x 2 5/8" x 3 3/8"
Operates On O-31 Curves
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Gauge: Traditional O Gauge
Dimensions: Length: 11”
RailLine: Pacific Fruit Express
Minimum Curve: O-27
On its customer Web site, the Union Pacific Railroad characterizes flat cars as available "in a variety of lengths, tonnage and capacities for specialized commodities that are not subject to damage from the elements." Attributes are listed as "easier to load and unload freight," "can drive machinery directly on to the car," and nailable wood or steel floors that allow "nail blocking and bracing to the floor for a damage-free, secure shipment." For shipping large or bulky items, from machinery to vehicles, the flat car has been the solution since the dawn of railroading. Our RailKing models depict the variety of loads that make the humble flat car so interesting to railfans and modelers alike.
High quality, traditionally sized RailKing Freight Cars provide detailed bodies and colorful paint schemes for the O Gauge railroader. MTH makes an enormous variety of RailKing Freight Cars, including many different car types and roadnames. No matter what era or part of the country you are modeling, RailKing is sure to have something for you.
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Lionel 9823 Santa Fe Flat Car + Stakes Crates Standard O Diecast Spr Trucks Atsf
Before railroads, "caboose" referred to a small cookhouse on the deck of a sailing ship. Nobody knows for sure, but it was likely the 1850s before the first railroad caboose gave a train crew shelter from the weather. The Civil War era marked the emergence of boxcarlike cabin cars or conductor's cars with side and perhaps end doors, windows, a heating and cooking stove, bunks, and roof lanterns to mark the end of the train.
Management often resisted providing such creature comforts to crews, and it would be well into the 1870s before cabooses were widespread on American trains. And although the cupola, known then as a "lookout" or "observatory," first appeared during the Civil War era, flat-roofed cabooses outnumbered cabin cars with cupolas well into the 1880s. By the early 20th century, however, the cupola caboose had attained its final shape, one it would keep until cabooses became extinct in the 1980s.
But while cupola cabooses remained pretty much the same, the freight cars in front of them were changing, becoming ever longer and taller as well. By the end of World War II, taller cars were making it harder and harder for the crewman riding the cupola to do his job: keep an eye on the train ahead. One solution, of course, was the bay window caboose. Another, more popular innovation was the extended vision, or wide vision caboose, which combined the extra width of a bay window with the height advantage of a cupola. Our model depicts the extended vision caboose introduced by International Car Company in 1953 and produced for two decades, which was rostered by railroads from coast to coast. Like diesels and other modern freight cars, this widely owned caboose was part of the postwar shift away from customized, railroad-specific locos and cars toward standardized designs produced in large quantities on efficient assembly lines.
MTH Premier O Scale freight cars are the perfect complement to any manufacturer's scale proportioned O Gauge locomotives. Whether you prefer to purchase cars separately or assemble a unit train, MTH Premier Rolling Stock has the cars for you in a variety of car types and paint schemes.
Virtually every sturdy car is offered in two car numbers which makes it even easier than ever to combine them into a mult-car consist. Many of MTH's Premier Rolling Stock offerings can also operate on the tightest O Gauge curves giving them even more added versatitlity to your layout.
Select boxcars, tank cars, and flatcars by Lionel are now manufactured in America! It's the perfect time to revisit some classic paint schemes from Lionel's Postwar era. These special freight cars get their inspiration from the original 6464-series of Lionel boxcars, with classic decoration applied to U.S made flatcars and tank cars as well.
Made in USA of US and Imported Parts
Die-cast metal sprung trucks and operating couplers
Metal handrails, platform, and ladders
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
Rail Line: Timken
Gauge: O Gauge
Scale Type: Traditional
Brand: Lionel
Min Curve: O27
Dimensions: Length: 10"
Most Recent Catalog: 2016 Lionel Ready-to-Run Catalog
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Made in USA of US and Imported Parts Die-cast metal sprung trucks and operating couplers Removable load on flatcar decks Gauge: Traditional O Gauge Dimensions: Length: 11” RailLine: Great Northern Minimum Curve: O-27
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This car features separately applied metal underframe detail, removable roof, plated interior milk tanks and piping, opening doors, die-cast metal sprung trucks, die-cast metal operating knuckle couplers, metal wheels and axles.
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Scale in size but simplified in detail, the return of these Standard O freight cars offers an affordable way to build up your freight trains!
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Durable ABS Intricately Detailed Bodies
Metal Wheels and Axles
Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks
Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers
Intricately Detailed Durable ABS Body
Decorative Brake Wheels
Separate Metal Handrails
Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
Needle-Point Axles
Unit Measures: 10 3/8" x 2 3/8" 3 13/16"
Operates On O-27 Curves