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Uncataloged O Gauge RailKing Flat Car with Trailer Announced
April 9, 2021 - M.T.H. Electric Trains is producing an exclusive RailKing O Gauge Flat Car with Trailer in Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines livery for M.T.H. Authorized Retailer Holly Beach Train Depot in Wildwood, New Jersey. The car will be a very limited production run and is available in two car numbers. It's slated to arrive in June 2021. Order single cars for $62.95 (plus freight) or two-car set for $120.95 exclusively through M.T.H. Authorized Retailer Holly Beach Train Depot. Item No. 30-76852 Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Flat Car w/40' Trailer Item No. 30-76853 Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Flat Car w/40' Trailer ABOUT THE FLAT CAR WITH TRAILER The trailer-on-flat-car, or TOFC, concept actually predates the trucking industry. From 1885-1893, Long Island farmers could ship their loaded wagons to Manhattan markets on Long Island Rail Road flatcars. Teamsters rode in their own coach on the farmers’ specials, while their horses traveled in stable cars. The modern use of railroads to ship loaded trailers began on the Chicago Great Western Railroad (the "Corn Belt Route") in 1935 and became widespread in the 1950s, under the leadership of a former GM executive named Eugene Ryan and early supporters that included the Pennsy, New Haven, Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Burlington, and Southern Pacific railroads. Originally a large number of trailers were railroad-owned, and loading and unloading were done "circus-style" by driving the trailers onto a string of flatcars from one end. A major advance came in the 1960s with the advent of the first side-lift cranes, dramatically speeding up loading and unloading. Today the combination of trailer and container shipments, known collectively as intermodal, constitutes the largest class of freight on American railroads. Holly Beach Train Depot |
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