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Wheels of Time - 70-ton 53 ft-6 in Welded Fish Belly Flatcars - Alaska RR (ARR) - Single Car - 8 #s Available, 22 - 29 - Brown, Yellow Lettering NOTE - PUT THE QUANTITY OF CARS YOU WANT IN THE "QUANTITY" SECTION OF YOUR ORDER! (SKU 805-50022-run1)

Available On: May 1, 2015

 
Since the post war period in U.S., there was a remarkable housing boom especially in Southern California. Getting lumber from the lumber mills in the Pacific Northwest* to the lumber yards across the nation became a little bit of a challenge due to a shortage of usable equipment. Solid trains of lumber and large cuts of lumber-carrying flat cars were the norm.  A common sight in the west were witnessing solid Southern Pacific (SP) trains of lumber crawling up the Tehachapi grade at a snails pace with engines whining at run 8 - or just empty strings of flat cars returning from southern California winding through the mountain passes on their way back to the Willamette Valley. These solid empty trains were designated by SP as 'XMUG' for the abbreviation for Empty Eugene (Eugene, OR). Further, solid cuts of lumber cars from the Willamette Valley headed east with SP partner roads like Northern Pacific - Great Northern - Burlington Northern and Union Pacific to name a fe

The Models -

Some features include:
*   Realistic design adhering to the prototypes.
*   Proper prototype ride height.
*    Multiple car numbers with sharp lettering.
*   Perfect accessories for you to add to your fleet to make your flatcars come alive and put those locos to work.

Alaska Railroad Bulkhead Flatcar, Gunderson Brothers Engineering Co. 1964  8x car numbers.
Item # Car #
Item # Car #
50022 ARR 12400
50026 ARR 12410
50023 ARR 12402
50027 ARR 12419
50024 ARR 12403
50028 ARR 12421
50025 ARR 12408
50029 ARR 12422
 







$22.95 US
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