MTH PREMIER O-SCALE TTGX #851412 UNION PACIFIC CORRUGATED AUTO CARRIER, YELLOW

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MTH PREMIER O-SCALE UNION PACIFIC CORRUGATED AUTO CARRIER, YELLOW TTGX #851412 Corrugated Auto Carrier, Yellow vertical posts and Silver aluminum sheeting resting on a Yellow flat car w/White lettering and Reporting Marks. Yellow base showing TTX ownership markings and Trailer Train, Yellow supporting ribs and Silver-Aluminum corrugated sheeting in between and roof, Yellow ends, the Red/White/Blue UP Shield and the "Building America" Banner. This paint scheme adds to your existing "Auto-Carrier" consist. Car No. TTGX #851412 Built in the 1970s. The 1st picture is of this release, the 2nd picture is of a previous release. Notice the current has the UP Red/White/Blue shield and "Building America" while the previous release has only the Red/White/Blue shield, while the last picture is of a gathering of corrugated auto carriers in the "Pig's Eye" freight yard. The number of corrugated autorack cars in a train can be used as a gauge of the health of the economy. While I was in Brunswick MD there is a parking lot for MARK commuter trains to Washington DC and a 17 line switching yard with 2 through lines on the far side and 2 through lined on the near side. These 4 through lines condensed down to 2 through lines at the end of the switch yard toward Washington DC. I would notice that there were 2 or more trains of 89 or so autoracks late evening and late night and often 1 in the morning. During the day these trains would make their way as empties back through Brunswick to Cumberland and on to Chicago and eventually to be filled in Detroit or Flint MI. But back to the story, when the economy was doing poorly, the trains would have as few as 50 autoracks in the consist. But when the economy spurred up again, the 89 or 92 cars would be in a consist. Item No. 20-98877 This is an unannounced item by MTH. These are sold out at Manufacturer. Features: 4Intricately Detailed Durable ABS Body, 4Metal Wheels and Axles 4Operating Die-Cast Metal Body, Couplers 4Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks Colorful, Attractive Paint Scheme 4Fast-Angle Wheel Sets 4Needle-Point Axles 41:48 Scale Dimensions 4O Scale Kadee Compatible Coupler Mounting Pads 4Unit Measures: 20 1/8" x 2 5/8" x 51/16" 4Operates On O-54 Curves Autoracks,Transporting Automobiles Like the well cars and the highside gondola sugar beet cars, autoracks are another specialized railroad freight car used by the railroad industry to move a specific product (in this case automobiles). While some form of freight car has been used to haul autos by train since virtually the first Model-T rolled off the assembly line in early 20th century, it wasn’t until the 1960s that railroads began developing a car tailored to move only automobiles. As the design was refined over the years today what you have is essentially a specialized, completely enclosed flat car that features two or three levels of racks to transport vehicles (many of which feature TTX or Trailer Train Corporation [originally a Pennsylvania Railroad company] markings, a leader in the distribution of COFC, TOFC, and autoracks). From the turn of the 20th century through roughly the 1960s railroads hauled most of their merchandise traffic (i.e., virtually everything that was not bulk material like coal or aggregates) using the ubiquitous boxcar. What made boxcars great, at least in the eyes of the railroads, was, their ability to haul about anything! Railroads thrive on redundancy to maximize efficiency, which was the reason they loved the boxcar so much (if it was not for shippers who requested many different specialized cars for their needs, railroads would have been happy to haul everything inboxcars). For instance, for many years the car carried everything from general consumer goods to fresh produce, literally almost anything that would practically fit into the car’s empty, open spaces. This also included automobiles and while boxcars did not allow for the most efficient use of space by o... read more

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