Road Number Specific ScaleTrains
- New road numbers
- Era: 1973 – Approximately early 1990s
- Prototype examples in original yellow with “TT” and “Trailer Train” branding have been documented in service to present day
- Series 80001-80245 (F68AH), built 1969
-
Road number 80179
- Data and lettering usage and placement variations
- Wood end bulkheads painted yellow inside bulkhead
- Stencil: When empty, return car to IC RR nearest junction
- As-built bulkheads (62’ inside length)
- Transverse deck risers
- Early H-shaped jacking pads
- Series 81079-81178 (F68AH), Built 1973-74
-
Road number 81095 and 81139
- Data and lettering usage and placement variations
- Logo extension panels for “TT” logo
- Modified bulkheads (60’, 6” inside length)
- No deck risers
- Late “box” style integrated jacking pads with roping eyes
-
Road number 81127 and 81169
- Data and lettering usage and placement variations
- Stencil: When empty to agent TO&ERR. Valiant, Okla
- Logo extension panels for “TT” logo
- Modified bulkheads (60’, 6” inside length)
- No deck risers
- Late “box” style integrated jacking pads with roping eyes
- Fully-assembled
- Multiple road numbers
- Now with factory-applied laser-cut wood deck
- Recessed deck tie-down details
- Photo-etched stainless steel see-through end crossover platforms
- Factory-applied metal grab irons, coupler cut levers, and trainline hoses and connection pipe with silver gladhands
- Modeler applied ACI plates
- Handbrake housing with finely detailed wheel and chain
- Complete underbody brake system with over 18 separately applied parts including air reservoir, control valve, reduction relay valve and retainer valve plus wireform plumbing and trainline pipe
- Durable body-mounted die-cast metal semi-scale long-shank Type E knuckle couplers
- Highly-detailed 100-ton trucks with hydraulic snubber and bracket details, rotating black Timken three-sided bearing caps; separate “truck-mounted brake” brake beams; and side bearing detail
- Printed reporting mark and road number on all four trucks
- 36” machined metal wheels with accurately profiled .110" wide wheel tread
- Operates on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
- Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
- Weighted to Industry standards for reliable operation
- Packaging safely stores model
- Minimum radius: 18”
- Recommended radius: 22”
Description
Road Number Specific ScaleTrains
- New road numbers
- Era: 1973 – Approximately early 1990s
- Prototype examples in original yellow with “TT” and “Trailer Train” branding have been documented in service to present day
- Series 80001-80245 (F68AH), built 1969
-
Road number 80179
- Data and lettering usage and placement variations
- Wood end bulkheads painted yellow inside bulkhead
- Stencil: When empty, return car to IC RR nearest junction
- As-built bulkheads (62’ inside length)
- Transverse deck risers
- Early H-shaped jacking pads
- Series 81079-81178 (F68AH), Built 1973-74
-
Road number 81095 and 81139
- Data and lettering usage and placement variations
- Logo extension panels for “TT” logo
- Modified bulkheads (60’, 6” inside length)
- No deck risers
- Late “box” style integrated jacking pads with roping eyes
-
Road number 81127 and 81169
- Data and lettering usage and placement variations
- Stencil: When empty to agent TO&ERR. Valiant, Okla
- Logo extension panels for “TT” logo
- Modified bulkheads (60’, 6” inside length)
- No deck risers
- Late “box” style integrated jacking pads with roping eyes
- Fully-assembled
- Multiple road numbers
- Now with factory-applied laser-cut wood deck
- Recessed deck tie-down details
- Photo-etched stainless steel see-through end crossover platforms
- Factory-applied metal grab irons, coupler cut levers, and trainline hoses and connection pipe with silver gladhands
- Modeler applied ACI plates
- Handbrake housing with finely detailed wheel and chain
- Complete underbody brake system with over 18 separately applied parts including air reservoir, control valve, reduction relay valve and retainer valve plus wireform plumbing and trainline pipe
- Durable body-mounted die-cast metal semi-scale long-shank Type E knuckle couplers
- Highly-detailed 100-ton trucks with hydraulic snubber and bracket details, rotating black Timken three-sided bearing caps; separate “truck-mounted brake” brake beams; and side bearing detail
- Printed reporting mark and road number on all four trucks
- 36” machined metal wheels with accurately profiled .110" wide wheel tread
- Operates on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
- Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
- Weighted to Industry standards for reliable operation
- Packaging safely stores model
- Minimum radius: 18”
- Recommended radius: 22”