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Micro-Trains - N Scale - Canadian Trailer on Flat Car Series - 57 ft TOFC - Canadian National (CN) - (PWRS Exclusive) 3-Pack - Not Available Through Micro-Trains - with "CN" Trailers (2 x Vancouver Expo 86 Trailers / 1 x Victoria 1994 Commonwealth Games T (SKU 489-45190019)

Available On: August 1, 2016

Canadian National TOFC 3-pack with CN Expo 86 and 1994 Victoria Commonwealth Games Trailers  3-pack – Pacific Western Rail Systems

We will not re-print.

Pacific Western Rail Systems is pleased to announce the sixth issues in our new “Canadian Trailer on Flat Car Series” - Limited Run PWRS – Micro-Trains Runner Packs.

Trailers #1 and 3 will feature two Canadian National 57’ Converted TOFC Flat Cars painted brown with white lettering, with Vancouver Expo 86 Trailers.

Trailer # will feature one Canadian National 57’ Converted TOFC Flat Cars painted brown with white lettering, with 1994 Victoria Commonwealth Games Trailers. 

Features:

  • Limited one time production run of these 3 road numbers & three separate trailers
  • Micro-Trains trucks and couplers
  • Accurate painting and printing with correct road numbers for each paint scheme.
  • Cars will feature  light weathering to reflect real world appearance

 The Official Micro Trains SKU numbers for the individual cars in the set are (for purposes of collectors):

451 91 019: Vancouver Expo 86 Trailer # 205623
064 92 128: CN Flat - CN # 687209 (NSE MTL16-100)

451 93 019: Vancouver Expo 86 Trailer # 205629
064 94 128: CN Flat - CN # 687218 (NSE MTL16-101)

452 95 013: 1994 Victoria Commonwealth Games Trailer # 212406
064 96 128: CN Flat - CN # 687230 (NSE MTL16-102)

CN and CP operated sizeable fleets of piggyback trailers. Prior to containerization, piggyback or Trailer On Flat Car (TOFC) was an important transitional step between boxcars and intermodal technology developments, which in turn led to today's long trains of double-stacked containers.  Initially, piggyback loading/unloading ramps were built at or near major yards.  Tractors backed trailers on and drove them off strings of flat cars, a process called circus loading.  Drawbacks: truck drivers had to have steady hands and nerves, flatcars needed siderails to guide the drivers through several cars, and cars had to be correctly marshalled to match the ramp at which they were to be unloaded.  

Photo of Victoria Commonwealth Games Copyright John Morton and used with permission





















$159.95 US