Custom designed 16-axle heavy duty O scale flat car.
This is a heavy duty 16-axle flatcar based on a prototype car manufactured by National Steel Car Company. It uses 8 pair of MTH roller bearing trucks with an articulated bolster which allows additional lateral movement of the trucks.
The prototype NSC car has 12 axles as shown in the attachment.
The O scale car has a scale wheelbase of 86-1/2 feet and an overall length of 92-1/2 feet. The truck bolsters on the model are specially designed to allow operation on small radius track. The "bed" is 66 feet in length. The "pivot" points for the car bed are located so that the actual "overhang" on curves is minimized. The car pivot points are actually 11 inches apart. This is about the equivalent of a 50 foot boxcar. This car will actually "snake' through a series of curves and turnouts since each truck bolster pivots independently.
Model photos shown.
A custom built 52 foot "steam boiler" load will be hauled on this car.
This model will be added to my fleet of heavy duty flatcars, depressed center cars and Schnabel cars.
The NSC prototype as shown is listed as an 89 foot car.
I see two tanks on a normal 4 axle flat car. Just because you like more axles doesn't mean the railroads need them.
Can this be done in Prewer in home made casting for the flat car body ? I wish to make one of those and add four railking 6 wheel truck s to it. It will be a heavy all metal flat car.
