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Trailer Train/Northern Pacific

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PROTOTYPE HISTORY

Introduced in the early 1960s, the Trailer Train (now TTX Company) F89F flatcar has been a mainstay of contemporary railroading. A product of Bethlehem Steel Company’s (BSC) Johnstown, PA plant, over 9,000 of these (89’ 8” over the strikers) cars were built throughout the 1960s. Visually distinctive from other long flatcars of their era thanks to their “C” channel side sills, these versatile cars were adapted for many types of service and loadings over the years, ranging from Trailer-On-Flatcar (TOFC), to autoracks, to structural steel loading. While the majority went to Trailer Train, many were built for variousrailroads, typically for autorack service. Many were “de-racked” in later years, being reassigned and equipped for other service - TOFC, vehicle loading, pipe service, etc. 

It wasn’t unusual for these cars to see several different loading configurations throughout their careers, in order to meet the changing needs of shippers. In service with Trailer Train, the three or four-letter reporting marks indicated the cars’ intended service and corresponding equipment. For example, an “XTTX” car was equipped with four collapsible hitches, capable of carrying various combinations of 28’, 40’, or 45’ trailers. A car in the “RTTX” configuration featured a pair of fixed hitches at the ends, and a retractable hitch amidships, allowing it to carry a pair of long (up to 45’) trailers back-to-back, or three 28’ “pup” 

This Athearn Genesis model was designed from the start to incorporate as many prototype details and variations as possible, based upon field measurements and builder diagrams, in order to appeal to modelers of multiple eras. Many new hitches, body variants, and other separate details were created, allowing us to accurately offer these cars in their different configurations over the years, from four-hitch “XTTX” cars, to the distinctive drawbar-connected “TTEX” Triple-57 “Long Runner” bulge-deck conversions introduced in 1987. And you can rest assured of its smooth performance, thanks to a heavy die-cast frame for reliable tracking, and our famed Genesis 70-ton ASF Ride-Control trucks with spinning bearing cap details, and .110” tread metal wheels. Operationally, these cars are appropriate for any layout set from the 1960s to the present day. In the mid-1960’s new production 89’ flatcars were being employed beyond piggyback service. A few cars from various manufacturers were receiving Auto Racks. The Auto Racks would be fastened to the 89’ flatcar for auto service from Detroit. The Athearn Genesis Auto Rack features a Bethlehem Steel F89FH with a Whitehead and Kales bi-level rack. Genesis level of detail ensures

FLATCAR FEATURES:

• Die-cast underframe
• Weighted for trouble free operation
• Athentic undulating safety railing
• Accurate Whitehead and Kales Auto Rack
• End bridge plates per prototype and era
• Early or late train lines and cut levers per prototype and era
• Use for dedicated intermodal trains or mixed freight
• Detailed deck
• Wire formed brake plumbing
• Decorated models fully-assembled and ready to runout of the box
• Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
• Separately applied wire grab irons where applicable
• Separately applied hand brake per prototype
• Prototypical ride height
• 70-Ton roller bearing trucks with animated rotating bearingcaps installed
• Machined metal wheels
• Wheels with RP25 contours operate on Code 55, 70, 75, 80,83, and 100 rail
• Body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
• Window packaging for easy viewing plus interior plastic blistersafely holds the model for convenient storage
• Minimum radius: 22"
• Recommended radius: 24"+

Reservations Due By: September 24, 2015

Expected Release: August 2016

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