ScaleTrains Rivet Counter N SXT38980 BSC F68BH Finger Rack Flatcar Trailer Train/Oxide Red TTJX #80515

Description

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ScaleTrains Rivet Counter N SXT38980 BSC F68BH Finger Rack Flatcar Trailer Train/Oxide Red TTJX #80515

Road Number Specific ScaleTrains

• All-new model
• Era: 1969 to present 
• Prototype examples in oxide red have been documented in service to present day 
• TTJX series 80370 to 80519; built 12/69, 2/70-3/70
• Fully-assembled 
• Multiple road numbers 
• Steel deck
• Transverse deck risers
• MacLean-Fogg tie-down details on deck
• Factory-applied metal grab irons, coupler cut levers, and trainline hoses and connection pipe with silver gladhands 
• Early H-shaped jacking pads
• Vertical handbrake staff
• Complete underbody brake system with over 12 separately applied parts including air reservoir, control valve, reduction relay valve and retainer valve plus wireform plumbing and trainline pipe
• Body-mounted semi-scale standard Type E knuckle couplers – Micro-Trains compatible
• ASF Ride Control trucks with finely rendered raised foundry data
• 36” machined metal wheels
• Operates on Code 55, 70 and 80 rail
• Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
• Paint colors match Tru-Color Paint color: TCP-093 Oxide Red
• Weighted to Industry standards for reliable operation
• Clear jewel box packaging safely stores model
• Minimum radius: 9 ¾”
• Recommended radius: 11”

Prototype History:

For nearly five decades, the Bethlehem Steel Co. (BSC) F68-series of flatcars has served Trailer Train Co., crisscrossing the U.S., Canada, and Mexico hauling a staggering variety of loads. Introduced in 1969, the F68-series of 100-ton, 68’ foot long (over end sills) flats represented a new generation of high capacity flats. Extremely versatile, the basic design could be equipped from the factory with a variety of appliances… end bulkheads, “finger racks”, and wood or steel plain decks… to handle different loadings on Trailer Train’s member railroads.

In 2007, TTX would revise their branding yet again, introducing a new maroon and black stylized “TTX” logo, as a nod to the Pennsylvania Railroad, from which TTX traces its origins. As with previous logo changes, the new logo is being applied to cars as they visit major TTX shops for repairs or repainting, with previous branding and/or logos “patched” over, with the new logo applied.

While many examples have been noted in service in recent years, including some re-badged with the latest TTX Corp. PRR Heritage logo, the sun is beginning to set on this venerable class of cars, with mandatory 50-year-old retirements looming for the oldest cars of the series. While the oldest examples may be disappearing soon, with over 1,100 built over several years, there may be one more chapter yet to be written in the F68AH bulkhead flatcar story.