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Post by riogrande on Dec 19, 2017 13:29:10 GMT -8
Trainworx popular HO drop frame trailers are now out in a second run release and include seven Sears Merchandise Trailer road names and four additional names as follows:
Sears Merchandise:
C&EI Railroad
Illinois Central
L&N
Rock Island Lines
Coast Line
Tennessee Central
New Jersey Central
Others:
Brown built Northern Pacific
Timpte built Northern Pacific
Clipper Express
Brown trailer unlettered
Does anyone had any info on the routes some of these typically traversed?
They seem to be selling at a good clip although MBK got a lot more in this time than the first run.
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Post by jbilbrey on Dec 23, 2017 15:44:26 GMT -8
Thanks for the alert. I played a very minor role in getting the artwork together for one of the schemes in this release and am glad to see them on sale at the various online hobby shops. Hopefully, these will prove to be a popular product from Trainworx and we'll see more trailers from them.
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Post by JohnJ on Dec 23, 2017 15:52:01 GMT -8
Thanks also for the heads-up. Just ordered two, one C&EI and one L&N. I'd probably have gone for an ACL one vs. L&N, but they were sold out. Most roadnames still available, though.
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Post by riogrande on Dec 23, 2017 20:01:42 GMT -8
Let me guess James which you contributed to. Very cool!
I was surprised the Coast Line sold out first followed by Jersey. Sometimes it's hard to predict which will be most popular. I'm hoping to see some road names they've done on past N scale drop frames. This batch mirrors a recent N scale release so probably easier for Trainworx.
These are very nice. I order four from mbk on December 19 and based on all the order-by alerts didn't think they would come until after Christmas but they arrived today.
The versions I picked up so far are Rock Island, L&N, NP with ACI label, and CLIPPER.
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Post by theengineshed on Dec 24, 2017 8:08:58 GMT -8
Ordered 5 of the six, and a pair of ACL trailers, they came this week and were promptly confiscated by SWMBO.
More fun than socks under the Christmas tree.
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Post by riogrande on Dec 24, 2017 8:14:33 GMT -8
Why did she confiscate them?
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Post by theengineshed on Dec 24, 2017 8:24:41 GMT -8
Why did she confiscate them? They've been wrapped and placed under the tree. RR related packages this close to Christmas get confiscated. A pair of Athearn Genesis U50s, $100 ebay deals, have also gone missing and wasn't the porch pirates... |
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Post by riogrande on Dec 24, 2017 11:54:07 GMT -8
Ha Ha. Won't be long now.
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Post by jbilbrey on Dec 24, 2017 21:17:57 GMT -8
Ordered 5 of the six, and a pair of ACL trailers, they came this week and were promptly confiscated by SWMBO. More fun than socks under the Christmas tree. Know the feeling, LOL! My Southern and NS Berwick boxcars were confiscated by my kids and are being held for ransom [i.e. wrapped for Christmas]. But, I am not going complain too much as I think there is a Morning Sun book under the tree for me as well. Riogrande, you would probably be correct on the one that I helped with. It was an interesting process that started with volunteering to take one photo, and one thing led to another. Full disclosure, the Trainworx trailer is not 100% correct for the TC trailer as the prototype was a slightly earlier design. But given the alternative [which there is none], it was felt that it would be okay to proceed with the project. |
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Post by lvrr325 on Dec 25, 2017 5:57:03 GMT -8
I pre-ordered a few but they never got put in. CNJ stuff sells fast.
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Post by riogrande on Dec 25, 2017 6:53:17 GMT -8
James, I have corresponded with Pat and am aware not all the trailers are 100% for every road name but he does a nice job and they fit a much needed gap in HO from late 1960s thru early 1980s.
Merry Christmas
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Post by slowfreight on Dec 25, 2017 7:05:46 GMT -8
James, I have corresponded with Pat and am aware not all the trailers are 100% for every road name but he does a nice job and the fit a much needed gap in HO from late 1960s thru early 1980s. Merry Christmas I can't complain there. I just wish we had as much support for on-road truck modeling as for intermodal trailers. Lone Star just released decals for owner/operator trucks ca. 1970s, but they're all flatbed lines so I still have nothing to pull vans. At some point, I will make a concerted effort to find photos of on-road stuff and make my own decals for license plates, ICC numbers, and other things. Truck and car models are just as much a part of industrial modeling as the trains, so I've been trying to support Trainworx as much as I can. |
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Post by riogrande on Dec 25, 2017 8:03:28 GMT -8
I can't complain there. I just wish we had as much support for on-road truck modeling as for intermodal trailers. Lone Star just released decals for owner/operator trucks ca. 1970s, but they're all flatbed lines so I still have nothing to pull vans. At some point, I will make a concerted effort to find photos of on-road stuff and make my own decals for license plates, ICC numbers, and other things. Truck and car models are just as much a part of industrial modeling as the trains, so I've been trying to support Trainworx as much as I can. Me neither. Every since Trainworx entered the HO market, it has eased my envy of their N-scale trailers! I've been supporting the HO trailers since release and have gotten most of the RR names offered. The next release of Brown trailers next year are some of my most looked forward to versions. Speaking of flat beds, I need to get a few of those as they were common on D&RGW TOFC trains - often carrying loads of pipes. |
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Post by slowfreight on Dec 25, 2017 11:23:24 GMT -8
Speaking of flat beds, I need to get a few of those as they were common on D&RGW TOFC trains - often carrying loads of pipes. Any chance those trailers held pipe loads bound for Farmington that used to ride the narrow gauge? Only source right now is the Lone Star 40' Trailmobile. Fortunately, skate boards aren't quite as distinctive as van trailers, so you can kind of get away with all of them being the same trailer. Dump trailers are toughest, because they looked very distinctively different between manufacturers. |
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Post by riogrande on Dec 25, 2017 12:56:27 GMT -8
I"m not sure about Farmington. Maybe someone on the Rio Grande Yahoo Groups email list would know.
I'm not sure how good the Lonestar flat beds are as a match for the typical flat beds on TOFC flat cars but they should do well enough.
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Post by slowfreight on Dec 25, 2017 20:17:34 GMT -8
Well, common builders would have been Trailmobile, Utility, Great Dane, etc.--all the usual suspects. But my experience with them was that major variations included having/not having the bulkhead on the trailer, spread axle vs. tandems, and wood deck vs. aluminum. But I'd venture most of the 70s-era trailers had wood decks, and probably all of the intermodal ones would have bulkheads. They aren't made for crane lifting AFAIK, so were likely limited to circus-style ramps.
But if anyone knows more, feel free to correct me as I'm a little out of my lane (pun intended).
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Post by el3625 on Dec 26, 2017 15:37:45 GMT -8
Very nice drop frame trailers. I just purchased 9 of them. The Erie Lackawanna had some of these trailers. I think they only had a few of them, fluted and exterior post. The owner of trainworx said he would love to do EL's drop frames but needs some good pictures of them for the artwork. Nobody really took many pictures of trailers. The EL trailers were produced new by the Gindy company. If anyone has original pictures of the EL's drop frames, please come forward with them. I know there are pictures of one out there but it is not complete enough to do any artwork. Any help would be greatly appreciated so we can have EL drop frames produced.
Thank you
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Post by wmpaul on Dec 27, 2017 19:34:43 GMT -8
Does anyone have additional information about Jim's reference to "Sears Merchandise" trailers mentioned above?
Thanks.
Paul B
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Post by slowfreight on Dec 28, 2017 17:34:36 GMT -8
Does anyone have additional information about Jim's reference to "Sears Merchandise" trailers mentioned above? Thanks. Paul B Meant to ask the same, but inertia got in the way... |
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Post by riogrande on Jan 11, 2018 10:26:13 GMT -8
Does anyone have additional information about Jim's reference to "Sears Merchandise" trailers mentioned above? Thanks. Paul B I did ask Pat about the Sears Merchandise trailers. This was all he said: I assume this simply means that this pool of trailers were used to deliver the products Sears carried from the warehouses to the individual Sears stores. In general, comments I have seen about pools is any box car or in this case trailer, can be traveling the routes included in the pool. So if the RR was part of that route, any road name could be seen - just like the Tangent appliance pool Mini Hycube box cars. |
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Post by jbilbrey on Jan 11, 2018 19:31:27 GMT -8
Also, a photo was just posted on FB [via the Anthracite Railroads Historical Society] that shows an Atlantic Coast Line drop frame trailer behind a Reading RS3 in the early 1970's. While no location was given, it appears to have taken at the Allentown [PA?] Yard.
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