Tomix heavy duty depressed center flat

[bbussey]

I'm weeding out ancient N scale stuff and unburied this gem - a Tomix heavy duty depressed center flat.  I know it's based on a Japanese prototype.  But it would be very easy to swap in American prototype 100-ton trucks and Americanize the payload.  My question is, would anyone know if this is close to any of the American prototype cars?  Maybe one of the Westinghouse cars?

[nkalanaga]

I have no idea, but given the variety of such flats, most people probably wouldn't notice the difference.  Give it a set of freelanced initials and it would be fine.

[up1950s]

It does have a Schnabel look to it .

http://southern.railfan.net/schnabel/schnabel.html

So if you picked a unknown transformer company and made a private car out of it the details are what you make it to be , especially if you don't label it as a Schnabel . The best disguise is to loose that flatbed and Schnableize it . Maybe add lightning holes in the HD cantilever arms , which would make it more like a WECX-200 .

I would love to have a WECX 200 prototype model as they came out in 1957 .
http://southern.railfan.net/schnabel/cars/ptdx200/wecx200.html

[Chris333]

The Westinghouse cars based in Sharon, PA looked like this:
http://www.midcontinent.org/rollingstock/builders/greenville.htm

[VonRyan]

I'm weeding out ancient N scale stuff and unburied this gem - a Tomix heavy duty depressed center flat.  I know it's based on a Japanese prototype.  But it would be very easy to swap in American prototype 100-ton trucks and Americanize the payload.  My question is, would anyone know if this is close to any of the American prototype cars?  Maybe one of the Westinghouse cars?

With specialized cars like those, I find that as long as the trucks are American prototype they look fine. That being said, I haven't been able to find myself one of these cars, though Micro Ace does have a much larger, and more Schnabel-like, heavy-duty transformer-handling car, but the price tag is up around $200.


-Cody F.

[Ian MacMillan]

I think that car went with their German schnabel kit didn't it?


I'd like that car. Whats the model # so I can try and find one on the bay.

[DKS]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/230967642359?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

[CoalPorter]

Those were made by Tomix and imported by Con-Cor. They are very popular on eBay and
go for about $30. They come up for sale quite a bit and get lots of bids.

Another cool depressed center flat car is from Flishman and is very rare. I have only seen a few
and regret chopping up one for a failed kit-bash.

[up1950s]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/230967642359?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

The photos here are expertly done , thanks for the link David .