MENARDS flat cars

As far as newer flat cars are concerned, Menards seems to be making two different sizes - one is 14.75" long and 2 5/8 " wide and the smaller version is 10.5" long and 2 1/8" wide.

So, it seems the 10.5 " car is traditional and the 14.75 is much closer to scale.  Thanks for the info

@LNE Fan posted:

So, it seems the 10.5 " car is traditional and the 14.75 is much closer to scale.  Thanks for the info

This Freight Car Guide has info on flat cars here.

The longer Menard's flatcar would be 58 scale feet, that's close.  Prototype plain flatcars are 60 foot and 89 foot in length.

Thanks for all the input, I now know what models to look for.  Thanks again.

Depending when you model 40 footers existed pre-1950.

@ChiTown Steve posted:

Depending when you model 40 footers existed pre-1950.

Correct, I think the 60 foot flatcars started appearing in the 1960's.