Product Title: MTH Railking 30-7628 Auto Transportation Auto Carrier Flat Car W/4 cars #4952 O SCALE
Manufacturer: MTH
Scale: O
Condition: Item Condition: C-8, Box Condition P-8
Operational Status:
TCA Condition/Grading Standards: C-8: Like New—Complete All Original: no rust, no missing parts; may show effects of being on display and/or age; may have been run.
TCA Box Grading Standards: P-8: Like New: Complete and all original. Evidence of light use and aging, additional notations since leaving publisher or manufacturer. Contents of box may be missing.
Listing Notes: Like new , box in good cond.
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Manufacturer Information:
From the beginning, the auto industry depended on railroads to get its cars to distributors. For the first half-century or so of auto production, boxcars were the freight car of choice, often with special end doors and wider side doors to facilitate loading and unloading. Some automobile boxcars also featured interior racks to help pack more autos into a car. Nonetheless, an automobile boxcar of the 1940s or 50s could still only transport a few automobiles.A major leap forward came in the 1960s, with the advent of autoracks, or auto carriers: racks added to flatcars to hold two or three layers of autos, packing up to 15 or more vehicles onto a single flatcar. Although this revolutionized auto transport, the idea was not new. In 1923, when the Buick Motor Companys production of cars overwhelmed the railroads capacity to ship them out, the Grand Trunk Western devised double-deck racks on 61 log cars to cram nine Buicks onto every flat.
A strategy that made 60s-era autoracks more affordable to railroads was split ownership. The flatcar was often provided by a leasing company while the railroad supplied the automobile rack. This led to the twin heralds found on several of our M.T.H. models of these cars, with a railroad emblem on the rack and another companys name on the flatcar. While the autoracks were widespread into the late 1970s, their open construction left autos exposed to weather, vandalism, and hobos looking to hitch a ride. By the 1980s, the cars acquired roofs and sides and evolved into the enclosed autoracks in general use today.
High quality, traditionally sized RailKing Freight Cars provide detailed bodies and colorful paint schemes for the O Gauge railroader. MTH makes an enormous variety of RailKing Freight Cars, including many different car types and roadnames. No matter what era or part of the country you are modeling, RailKing is sure to have something for you.