Weaver TOFC Tooling

Sir,  A Forum Search for "Weaver 50' flat car with 35' trailer" will lead you to a thread started July10 which you may find useful.  John

@Jim S posted:

I’m sure a lot of you 3 rail guys out there would agree that Weaver’s TOFC cars were some of the best looking TOFCs out there.  I’ve got several of them and they are awesome, IMO.

Well you are entitled but FWIW, the Lionel TOFC is more detailed, if the designers at Lionel didn't skimp on the trailer length of 40 scale feet!

What is skimpy at 40ft?  40 Ft was the standard or many years.  The Weaver trailers are nice as they represent and older 1950s 35 Ft van.  Now that those aren't readily available people are cutting the Lionel trailers down.

All depends on the era you want to model.  Dash 9s and SD70s - yes 53ft.  F7 and SD24s - 35 and 40ft.

Pup trailers weren't always 27 Ft eithers.

Trailers like everything else, have grown.

I just don’t like the look of the shorty PUP trailers.  

Collective wisdom is Lionel has the tooling and has been sitting on it. Based on Weaver collectors who have spoken with some at Lionel.

Pete

@NHVRYGray posted:

What is skimpy at 40ft?  40 Ft was the standard or many years.  The Weaver trailers are nice as they represent and older 1950s 35 Ft van.  Now that those aren't readily available people are cutting the Lionel trailers down.

All depends on the era you want to model.  Dash 9s and SD70s - yes 53ft.  F7 and SD24s - 35 and 40ft.

Pup trailers weren't always 27 Ft eithers.

Trailers like everything else, have grown.

The Lionel trailer is "skimpy" because its NOT  a scale 40ft. The Lionel trailer length was designed shorter than the K-line d/c trailer which messured out to 37.5 ft for a 40ft trailer.

We need SCALE 40ft trailers in O scale and the only ones made were, quality craft wood kits,  MTH premier square ends with similated stamped rims [too modern] and Peco River Brass [K line toylike style] trailers.