Will These Cars Fit in This Freight Car?

Try 1:64th scale Hot Wheels and Matchbox sized autos in those racks.

I'm not sure about Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars - are they all the same size (I"m presuming they are)?

I have the "Matchbox Across America" set and found 5 there were not in packaging. Tried one and it fit so hopefully any Hot Wheels/Matchbox car should fit. They would certainly be more colorful than the Lionel one-color cars

 

They're not all the same exact "scale"--a hatchback will be a larger scale than say, a delivery truck. But anything that rides easily on "Hot Wheels" track will fit in the car you pictured. as well as similar 12" cars without sides/roofs.

---PCJ

Thanks.

I think I'll find "the bin" and look for some (eight) interesting cars. Will probably be all cars versus trucks.

There was an article, I believe in OGR, where someone made an operating accessory with these cars using HO slot cars. It was a long time ago and was really neat. I believe they were just the right size for them. I love today's scale cars, but I still have about thirty of these and the non scale TOFC's. They look great with Lionmaster diesels!

Paul be careful using die-cast, even Matchbox size.  They may make the railcar top heavy and unstable.  I have a three teir open side auto-carrier that I wanted to load.  I found a Hot Wheels series that were the approximate scale, twoe different VW Karmen Ghia  models fit inside and Beetles and a Microbus fit on the top tier.  It looked great, had alot of heft but it was all to far above the rail making for a very wobbly ride.  Also keeping the cars in place when storing was nearly impossible.