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Re: [CBQ] Auto Racks

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From: "Rick Keil" <rkeil6721@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 20:17:48 +0000
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Thread-topic: [CBQ] Auto Racks
I believe the Accurail racks are Paragon asymmetric as the vertical supports are not directly across from each other but are offset.  Accurail sold the tooling to an unknown buyer and is leaving it up to that buyer to announce their intentions.  The sale was at least a year ago if I recall correctly. 

Ricky Keil
Papillion, NE


From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> on behalf of William Hirt <whirt@fastmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2019 11:12 AM
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Auto Racks
 

Dave,

I would say the easiest match is the Athearn Genesis bi-level auto rack <http://www.athearn.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=ATHG29591>. It uses a Bethlehem built TTX 89' flat car (Class 89FH) with a Whitehead & Kales bi-level auto rack. That would be a match for this car from the Morning Sun Auto Rack Color Guide Vol. 1:

BTTX 930172 - Built November 1966 by Bethlehem Steel as part of Trailer Train series #930162-930246 (Class F89FH). It has a CB&Q Bi-level auto rack which the caption states is a Whitehead & Kales second generation Rack #747. The racks are from a series #744-748.

The Athearn car has been out of production for a while. I have some friends who have them. They are very nice cars.

I heard the old Accurail bi and tri-level racks (nee-Custom Rail) has some issues, but I am not sure how they matched up to Q racks and TTX flats.

Leo has a good point on replacement racks/racks changing cars. Racks were designed to be removable. Most color pictures of Q racks are from the 1970s when they stood out for still having the Burlington Route herald. There are few color shots of Q auto racks with TTX series flat cars in 1960s and I know those cars/racks have not been done in plastic.

Bill Hirt

On 3/14/2019 10:35 AM, Dave Lotz wrote:

Thank you to all who have responded to my request!  Now the obvious follow-up question, who have appropriate model for these?


Dave

 


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