Who has a smaller depressed center flatcar?
Bill from BTS said that his is no designed for 3 rail use, the semi scale Lionel is just too small and the 16 wheel k-line is just that, too large.
What else is out there?
This is the BTS car:
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MTH has a Railking depressed center flat car. With a little work it could be doable.........
There are still some All Nation kits on eBay occasionally.
RoyBoy posted:There are still some All Nation kits on eBay occasionally.
That does seem like the ticket.
How well can 3Rail trucks be mounted to it?
Why can't you get the BTS depressed flat and add the high rail trucks yourself?
prrhorseshoecurve posted:Why can't you get the BTS depressed flat and add the high rail trucks yourself?
I spoke with Bill and he advised against adding a 3rail truck to the car.
Lehigh Valley Railroad posted:prrhorseshoecurve posted:Why can't you get the BTS depressed flat and add the high rail trucks yourself?
I spoke with Bill and he advised against adding a 3rail truck to the car.
I don't know why. I have one, and with a little ingenuity the Weaver Hi-Rail Bettendorf trucks fit quite nicely. However, be forewarned, it is NOT an easy kit to build, nor is the old style "Bull Dozer" that sits on the car. The one I have is used in the CB&Q "wreck train".
Hot Water posted:Lehigh Valley Railroad posted:prrhorseshoecurve posted:Why can't you get the BTS depressed flat and add the high rail trucks yourself?
I spoke with Bill and he advised against adding a 3rail truck to the car.
I don't know why. I have one, and with a little ingenuity the Weaver Hi-Rail Bettendorf trucks fit quite nicely. However, be forewarned, it is NOT an easy kit to build, nor is the old style "Bull Dozer" that sits on the car. The one I have is used in the CB&Q "wreck train".
Thank for you the insight. Could you possibly supply pictures of your car with Weaver trucks?
My idea was the transformer load in the OP.
Sorry but, I don't seem to be able to retrieve my photos any longer. However, I'm sure I posted some photos on the 3-Rail SCALE (3RS) forum some years ago of various CB&Q steam locomotives in the servicing terminal, which would have showed the flat car parked on the ash during track.
MTH RailKing depressed center flat cars are medium sized.
"There are still some All Nation kits on eBay occasionally."
Yes - just passed on one last week (I have 2 already); simple, and use any trucks you'd like. "Model Railroading" will be necessary...
The RK cars (some were die-cast; later they were plastic - same tooling, appartently; some had 4-wheel trucks; some 6) are very nice-looking; a bit on the narrow side (they are for RK users, after all), but, meh.
"Who has a smaller depressed center flatcar?"
Just go on eBay and search "depressed" in O-scale. EBay is a good basic research tool - and it will give you cost ideas, too.
Wait for the new Lionel LionScale trucks to be delivered and put those trucks and couplers on the B.T.S. depressed center flat car.
Andrew
RMT made some small depressed center flat cars.
falconservice posted:Wait for the new Lionel LionScale trucks to be delivered and put those trucks and couplers on the B.T.S. depressed center flat car.
Andrew
Do you have pictures supporting this? Assuming they are similar to the Weaver.
RAILKING and RAILKING kitbashed using 2 plastic bodies for a 2 rail version
I want to say K-Line had a flat similar to these with a pair of transformers on them. Try searching on 665501 K-Line transformer flat.
Fred
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