Available Modern S Scale Freight Cars

Thanks for posting those pictures.  I am going to purchase a few of them despite the fact they aren't the cars you see new on the rails today.  How hard would it be for the company to post something like you did on their website so buyers could see what they looked like?  Any chance you have similar pictures of the tank cars, 3 bay hoppers, and gondolas  Thanks again for taking the time to post the pictures.

I wonder if we can make this a stickie (sp?).  

This is such a common questions and unique to our "S" community in model railroading.  It might be a nice resource for us all...the S gauge almanac of "modern"

Ben

I'd love to have couple of those, but I am a high-railer and I thought I read somewhere that all of theirs come as kits with scale wheels and kadee's. Looks like I might be wrong on all 3 counts?

Chuck K

SSA cars come with AF couplers and Hi Rail wheels mounted.  Scale wheels are enclosed with most of their offerings.  They do not come with Kadee couplers.  SSA is of good quality especially for the price.

I wish they would rerun the covered hoppers in newer roads ie BNSF, NS, CSX, ACTX(?).

John

banjoflyer posted:

Rusty Traque posted:

I know I posted these before, but it looks like they got deleted because they're not a forum sponsor. 

Nope...here it is.

Mark

Thanks, I was searching with every keyword I could think of, but had no luck.  somehow, I missed the obvious.

Rusty

Chuck, I too am a highrail guy, you will be fine with SSAs products.  The intermodal well car is the only one they make that can have issues in Highrail depending on your curve diameter.  

Ben

JFC454 posted:

Thanks for posting those pictures.  I am going to purchase a few of them despite the fact they aren't the cars you see new on the rails today.  How hard would it be for the company to post something like you did on their website so buyers could see what they looked like?  Any chance you have similar pictures of the tank cars, 3 bay hoppers, and gondolas  Thanks again for taking the time to post the pictures.

SSA's Gondola's and tank cars are steam era.  The gon is a composite drop bottom gondola and the tank is 10,000 gallons I think.  The 3-bay coal hopper is 1980's vintage, I have pictures in my files somewhere, I'll have to check when I get home.

SSA also has CoalPorters in BNSF, but they weren't in the catalog (their only catalog) I scanned.

Rusty

Thanks Rusty, John and Ben. I am always on the lookout for Texas roadnames, so based on this thread, I called and ordered 2 box cars today, a Texas & Mexico and a T&PW. I also seek out L&N which is hard to come by in S, so I'll be picking up their 3 bay hopper in the future.

OK.  Some pictures.

First up is a test shot of of DPH/SSA's Thrall gondola.  This is a truly a contemporary car.  As far as I know it's only available as a kit:

Here's the DPH/SSA 3-bay coal hopper.  I seem to recall it's based on the Pennsy H39 and a tad south of what can be considered "modern" from the 2017 perspective.

Finally, the AM tank cars.  Also a little long in the tooth to be considered "modern," but outside of locating some elusive Downs or Iron Rail (both out of business) tank cars, they're the most modern tank cars readily available:

I admit I'm late to the modern game, so my overall knowledge is minimal.  If the SD70's ad ES44's hadn't come out, I'd still be fat dumb and happy modeling the mid-late 1950's.

Rusty

The BNSF Coal Porters: