New Bachmann TOFC

[Mark5]

[wazzou]

This isn't the O Scale 3 Rail Forum.   

[bbussey]

That Yale trailer is the best looking component of the entire release.  Which is why I'm for three or four.

[daniel_leavitt2000]

Yeah, Yale and M&M always seem to get a large portion of models. never understood that as both companies are pretty small. M&M is still around in Worcester, Mass.

[wcfn100]

Something I learned this week from the MSTL Yahoo group is that if you're so inclined, you may want to try and confirm with a photo that a trailer was actually used in TOFC service.

This was brought about buy this Athearn car.



A totally prototypical M&STL trailer scheme but not used for TOFC.     It was for LCL freight in MN.

Model Railroading is Fun!

Jason

[bbussey]

Yeah, Yale and M&M always seem to get a large portion of models. never understood that as both companies are pretty small. M&M is still around in Worcester, Mass.

Yeah, but how many Yale trailers have been close to prototypical?

I don't know about M&M.  But Yale was a huge carrier between Boston and New York in the middle of the 20th century, and was a major (if not the largest) customer for New Haven TOFC service.  More often than not, a photo of a New Haven TOFC consist has at least one Yale trailer in it.  The latest example is in the May issue of RMC, which featured a New Haven TOFC flatcar kitbash from the InterMountain AAR 53' model.

[bbussey]

Anyone seen these surface yet?