Modern Freight Carsprovides an overview of freight cars from the 1960s through today, featuring more than 200 photos and covers various types of cars and how they evolved.This is an essential guide for model railroaders who model the 1960s through today, as well as railfans and freight train enthusiasts.

Description

Modern Freight Cars, a new book by Jeff Wilson, provides an overview of freight cars from the 1960s through today.  This is an essential guide for model railroaders who model the 1960s through today, as well as railfans and freight train enthusiasts.  The book features more than 200 photos and covers various types of cars, including boxcars, hoppers, and gondolas, and how they evolved, as well as new car types, including intermodal cars and 89-foot auto tracks.

The book also gives a deeper look into how different industries use freight cars, when cars entered service, and the dates when rules and restrictions took place.

Other topics include:

• Freight car evolution (size and weight increases; new car types)
• Car components (brake systems, trucks, and couplers)
• Hi-cube and specialty boxcars
• Intermodal cars (flat, spine, and well cars)
• Open and enclosed auto racks
• Mechanical and cryogenic refrigerator cars
• Center-beam flatcars
• And much more!

Author Bio

Jeff Wilson has written more than 3 books on railroads and model railroading. He spent 1 years as an associate editor at Model Railroader magazine, and he currently works as a freelance writer, editor, and photographer, contributing articles to Model Railroader and other magazines. He enjoys many facets of the hobby, especially building structures and detailing locomotives, as well as photographing both real and model railroads.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. Freight car evolution and design

Chapter 2. Covered hoppers

Chapter 3. Tank cars

Chapter 4. Boxcars

Chapter 5. Coal-service hoppers and gondolas

Chapter 6. Gondolas and hopper cars

Chapter 7. Flatcars, center-beams, and auto racks

Chapter 8. Well cars, spine cars, and piggyback flats

Chapter 9. Refrigerator cars

Chapter 1. Trucks, brakes, and cushion underframes

Appendix/Bibliography

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