O27 Gauge Piggyback Trailers and Flatcars with Loads Let’s see them

Hi Lee.  Like your pigs.   Here is a car I found years ago at York.  Looks to be a 3460 with grey trailers.

It is brush painted and looks to have been done a long time ago.

@HSD68 posted:

Hi Lee.  Like your pigs.   Here is a car I found years ago at York.  Looks to be a 3460 with grey trailers.

It is brush painted and looks to have been done a long time ago.

Thanks for sharing I would hang on to it looks liked they used some old Walthers O Scale decals on it  very nice and thanks for the complement

Who make's the decals you are using.

Harold

I replaced the old Lionel tires with the Revell 1/48 tanker wheels and tires which is now Atlantis is selling. I made the axle from square stock styrene the mud flaps are some black plastic I had saved.

@HSD68 posted:

Who make's the decals you are using.

Harold

Harold.  They are HO 1/87 scale decals the BeMac is from Graphics on Demand and the Pennsylvania i can’t remember the guys name but Mt. Vernon car works is making them now with some other nice ones to me tbe fit just fine.

Here are some Walthers decals I bought to do another B&O.  The $3.00 price gives away their age.  I understand that you can spray them with gloss coat and still use them.  I read that Walthers decals are thin and tear easily when old.

@HSD68 posted:

Here are some Walthers decals I bought to do another B&O.  The $3.00 price gives away their age.  I understand that you can spray them with gloss coat and still use them.  I read that Walthers decals are thin and tear easily when old.

I have a set just like them and I would spray them before I used them I have several Walthers decals but never used them yet

Very cool they look great

I bought a whole case of NKP piggyback cars in 92 to repaint but never did.  Not sure if I want to repaint them now.

Always nice to see your work, Lee! My layout expansion will have a spur and piggyback unloading ramp.

They look great, Lee

Nice work Lee. I've posted this car before but this looks like a good thread to drop it again.

I took the trailer off of this flat and put two Lionel chassis on. The trailer was too tall to clear my upper level so I made it work.

Bob

That is a neat job you did, Bob!  I think this is a good place to show your piggyback again.

@HSD68 posted:

I bought a whole case of NKP piggyback cars in 92 to repaint but never did.  Not sure if I want to repaint them now.

Harold now is the time there’s plenty of decal options these days compared to back in 1992 dig them out and start customizing them would like to see them.

Had a little trouble reading your post. 

@Artie-DL&W posted:

Always nice to see your work, Lee! My layout expansion will have a spur and piggyback unloading ramp.

Artie thanks for the complement you know I’ve got a Lackawanna up my sleeve lol.

@Mark Boyce posted:

They look great, Lee

Thanks Mark if you have any Lionel O27 Flatcars with loads or Piggybacks your more than welcome to post them.

@HSD68 posted:

Had a little trouble reading your post.

It’s fixed

@RSJB18 posted:

Nice work Lee. I've posted this car before but this looks like a good thread to drop it again.

I took the trailer off of this flat and put two Lionel chassis on. The trailer was too tall to clear my upper level so I made it work.

Bob

Bob thanks for stopping by and sharing your pics I remember when you built that glad to see it again if you have anymore Lionel O27 Flatcars post them like Mark said this is a good place to post them.

Guys just edited the Thread Topic now everyone can join in the fun posting so let’s see those old Lionel O27 Flatcars  and other one you may have

While I don’t have the typical 027 piggybacks, I’ve got these full size O scale cars, Lee! I barely have room on the present layout to run them! Can’t wait to see more, Lee!

@Artie-DL&W posted:

While I don’t have the typical 027 piggybacks, I’ve got these full size O scale cars, Lee! I barely have room on the present layout to run them! Can’t wait to see more, Lee!

Thanks for sharing Artie that will work always liked the Phoebe Snow I’ll surprise you some day soon

Nice cars.  The only non Lionel pigs I have are a Weaver B&O and WM

Lee great projects! You always do amazing work!

Bob, thats a sharp looking flat car!

Artie, nice shot of your flat cars and of your layout!

I have a silly question as I have no idea how to tell the difference. How do you tell a 027 flatcar?

@mike g. posted:

Lee great projects! You always do amazing work!

Bob, thats a sharp looking flat car!

Artie, nice shot of your flat cars and of your layout!

I have a silly question as I have no idea how to tell the difference. How do you tell a 027 flatcar?

Mike there more smaller and narrower than Standard O and there near S Scale with O gauge trucks I’m sure some can explain it better

This is what I’m working on tonight M&M Transport of Somerville Massachusetts. It’s  very cold out so this will be my stopping point till I can get the roof and wheels paint. I’m not quite sure if they had maroon trailers for this particular logo they had but the wife came home with some Dollar General dark red that looked pretty good so I painted it they also had a red and cream logo too that I know went on to a silver trailer I’ll be picking out a good East Coast Lionel flat car for this.

Here’s a Lionel O27 piggyback Flatcar I Custom built last year I plan on doing a lot more like this.

Mike, the photo I took of my piggyback cars are Lionel scale PS-4 cars. They have excellent detail, and the good trucks with hidden uncoupler plates. The trailers are scale (1:48), as well. They date back to the early 2000’s.

Lee, that trailer and the flat look great. I like the idea of real wood for the flatcar deck.

While they're not TOFCs they are flats with loads that run on 027 track.  First are two are Menard's USAF 14-1/2" flat cars that each had an ISO tank.  I combined the two tanks onto one car and put a K-Line missle launcher on the other.

Next is a MTH RK depressed center flat that had a 1/64 tractor on it that I replaced with a LEGO submarines.  I'm pretty sure it'll clear 027 switches.

I'll have to dig out some TOFCs or some of my intermodal spines and get some photos.

Lee, your M&M trailer is looking outstanding! and your custom-made flatcar is just great! But I do have a question, how did you reattach the trucks?

Artie, thanks for the information! They sure are a great set of cars!

Coach, your imagination for loads to put on your cars are great! I don't know if I am ready to think that far out of the box yet! LOL

@coach joe posted:

While they're not TOFCs they are flats with loads that run on 027 track.  First are two are Menard's USAF 14-1/2" flat cars that each had an ISO tank.  I combined the two tanks onto one car and put a K-Line missle launcher on the other.

Next is a MTH RK depressed center flat that had a 1/64 tractor on it that I replaced with a LEGO submarines.  I'm pretty sure it'll clear 027 switches.

I'll have to dig out some TOFCs or some of my intermodal spines and get some photos.

Looks good coach I’m just glad you posted them

@Artie-DL&W posted:

Mike, the photo I took of my piggyback cars are Lionel scale PS-4 cars. They have excellent detail, and the good trucks with hidden uncoupler plates. The trailers are scale (1:48), as well. They date back to the early 2000’s.

Lee, that trailer and the flat look great. I like the idea of real wood for the flatcar deck.

Thanks Artie this is a really fun project

@mike g. posted:

Lee, your M&M trailer is looking outstanding! and your custom-made flatcar is just great! But I do have a question, how did you reattach the trucks?

Artie, thanks for the information! They sure are a great set of cars!

Coach, your imagination for loads to put on your cars are great! I don't know if I am ready to think that far out of the box yet! LOL

Mike I think I used some screws I got at my local Feed Store but I will have to double check

@Dave_C posted:

Very nice pics Dave! Are those Farmall F-20s on that Ruthland flat

Here’s a nifty idea from eBay. Upright supports for vans on flats. Keeps ‘em from succumbing to centrifugal force, and rocketing off the table.

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

Here’s a nifty idea from eBay. Upright supports for vans on flats. Keeps ‘em from succumbing to centrifugal force, and rocketing off the table.

Mark very nice I’ve never seen those before thanks for sharing

Lee, yes those are Farmall’s  I was at a show a few years ago and there were a bunch on a table for sale. I had seen flatcars with tractors in some pictures and decided to buy them. Really just bought the Farmall’s because there were plenty of them versus the others and I wanted it to look like a factory shipment. They are cool looking. Just not sure of when they were built or where.

Sorry I misread the title of 027 flatcars and posted. Glad you enjoyed them though.

Here are my only two O27 flat cars with trailers.