Class F68AH bulkhead flatcar
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: $49.99
Era: 1969 to present (depending on scheme)
Manufacturer: ScaleTrains, 7598 Highway 411, Benton, TN 37307; 844-987-2467; scaletrains.com
Features:
- Road-number-specific details
- Factory-applied laser-cut wood deck
- Transverse deck risers and recessed deck tie-down details
- Photo-etched stainless steel crossover platforms
- Factory-applied metal grab irons, uncoupling levers, and trainline hoses
- Early H-shaped jacking pads
- Underbody brake system
- Body-mounted die-cast metal semi-scale long-shank Type E knuckle couplers
- 100-ton trucks with hydraulic snubber and bracket details, rotating bearing caps, and truck-mounted brake beams
- 36” metal wheels with .110” wide wheel tread
- Minimum radius, 18”; recommended radius, 22”
Release date: March 2023
Paint schemes: Trailer Train (Oxide Red in four road numbers) and TTX (yellow and black with modern, speed, and TT logos in one to five numbers each; brown with patched speed logo in one number).
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