85' FLAT CAR WITH 2 40' TRAILERS > ERA: 1960's - 1970's > The eighty-five foot flat car was introduced in the 1960's to accommodate the latest 40' trailers that were just then being introduced to the nation's highways. Each flat car was set up to transport two of the trailers.Subsequently, these dedicated TOFC (trailer on flat car) flat cars became the defacto standard for intermodal service during this era. > Fully assembled with two forty foot trailers * Newly designed trailer hitches * Metal grab irons * Operating bridge plates * New metal under frame for correct rail height and optimum performance * Newly designed swing mounted coupler boxes with magnetically operating knuckle couplers * 33" RP25 profile machined metal wheel sets mounted in roller bearing side frames * Redesigned trailers featuring new under body and vinyl tires