New Trainworx trailers , are ALL of them grey ? Even the RR owned ones

[up1950s]

http://www.train-worx.com/15-1el,parcel-trailers.pdf

And if not is the Phoebe orange or green ?

[unittrain]

Man this guy keeps putting out awesome stuff for us late 70's modelers!

[Atlas Paul]

Lackawanna did have silver trailers. I have an inquiry in to the guy at the ELHS that knows this stuff.  Will let you know when I hear back.

[Mark5]

Probably the graphics guy was lazy. I'm thinking the actual trailers will be silver for the Lackawanna and E-L trailers.

[Atlas Paul]

My source's comments:

FIRST ROW:
The DL&W trailer is reasonably close. You’d need to add the stiffener under the door. It’s not a 100% correct trailer (notably it doesn’t have nearly as many ribs as he prototype).   The EL trailer is pretty darn good.
SECOND ROW:
The EL trailer isn’t bad (though I thought EL’s trailers weren’t from Brown?), hopefully the maroon on the logo panel will be much darker?  The UPS trailer with yellow panels is too late for EL era.

THIRD ROW:
Of these two UPS trailers, the one on the left is 100% EL era. Never seen the variant on the right, but it might fit into the EL era.

The other two UPS trailers post-date the EL.

[daniel_leavitt2000]

Anyone know which UPS trailers are good for the late 90's?

[James Costello]

Anyone know which UPS trailers are good for the late 90's?

Primarily the non-corner stripe and non-conspicuity stripe....but they were moving away from drop frames by then IIRC.

[jagged ben]

Most of the UPS trailers are re-runs (of the scheme, I presume the numbers may be new).   The exception is the conspicuous stripe version.

Dude knows he will sell these out, surprised it took so long for another run.

[up1950s]

Thanks Paul .

[cfritschle]

Primarily the non-corner stripe and non-conspicuity stripe....but they were moving away from drop frames by then IIRC.

James,

I supplied Pat with photos for three of the UPS trailer with conspicuity stripes.  It was fairly common to see one of these trailers in TOFC service at the Nampa, Idaho "intermodal yard" in the late 1990s to early 2000s.  Here are the photo dates for three of the trailer numbers Pat is releasing:

UPOZ 80352 - Nampa ID 09-08-2001

UPOZ 80622 - Nampa ID 05-27-2000

UPOZ 80848 - Nampa ID 02-19-2000

Carter

Edit:  I looked through my photos and found three without conspicuity stripes that match the lettering/paint scheme, but not the numbers, for Trainworx 40144-44 through 40144-48.  They are:

UPOZ 80364 - Nampa ID 07-03-1999

UPOZ 80604 - Nampa ID 06-19-1999

UPOZ 80890 - Nampa ID 01-08-2000

[James Costello]

Thanks for the info and dates Carter, it's always appreciated and it was the reason I said "primarily" in my original response. By the late 90s and early 00s, it was far less common to see 40' drop frame trailers OFC, let alone ones with cons stripes, than say 28' straight/drop frames, 45' straight frame and contractor's 48' or greater trailers.

I'll pick up a 40' cons-striped drop frame trailer as an oddball and a bunch more of the non-corner stripe and non-cons-striped units for my roster.   

[Ngineer]

I know where to find pictures of locos as well as railcars and containers.

But is there any place to find pictures of railroad-related trucks and trailers?

Javier

[tehachapifan]

I know where to find pictures of locos as well as railcars and containers.

But is there any place to find pictures of railroad-related trucks and trailers?

Javier

While not specific to railroad-related trucks and trailers. There's always Hank's Truck Pictures.

[jagged ben]

I know where to find pictures of locos as well as railcars and containers.

But is there any place to find pictures of railroad-related trucks and trailers?

Javier

RR Picture Archives catalogs trailers. 

[Mark5]

Pics of TOFC and COFC are hard to come by before the digital camera arrived. But the above mentioned sites offer some pics.