Railroad Car Carrier Help Needed

Jul 04, 2003 5 Replies
J

Hey guys, I need help tracking down detailed pictures, drawings or prints of modern car carriers. I contacted TTX but they can't offer any help other than what's printed on their website (not much). I was hoping to build a TTGX 89'4" Bi-level car in 1:29 scale (G scale) but will take anything that's out there on any car version.



I was just looking through this months (August 03) Model Railroader and they have a nice article on some 1:1 metal cabooses and include drawings that you could build a very nice model from. Does anyone remember or know of any articles like this for modern car carriers anywhere? Scaling of the information doesn't matter, I can re-scale it...



Thanks for any help, Jon.


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E

thousands of them come through barstow. send me a disposable camera and a mailer and i'll shoot you some pictures.

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D

I worked for Thrall car in the '80's and we converted a lot of TTX TOFC's to autoracks. Maybe Thrall could help you with info. I worked at the Clinton IL plant and we prepped the flats for conversion then they were sent to the Winder Ga. plant to get the new bodies installed.

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B

I'm fairly certain that Railroad Model Craftsman did publish plans once but I can't remember the issue. Maybe you can contact them. That's going to be one heck of a big model.

Bill Banaszak, MFE

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D

Several articles were published when Accurail brought out the HO scale Bi-Levels. I pretty sure one of those was "Rail Model Journal". You might also consider buying the Accurail car. It's a decent model and you can use it to scsale up to your scale.

Dave

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