TOFC?

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flyboy559

Using Trainz since 2003

• Feb 20, 2015

• #1

Im looking for some older style flatcars with trailers on them or trailers with loads, like what you would find on American railroads in the 1950s. Are there any for 2012?

 

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bazcouta

New member

• Feb 20, 2015

• #2

Hello there,
I am not at home but RRMods has a couple of TOFC packs in freeware. You will need to be registered to download. Here is a link to the page: http://www.vrrmods.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=63

All the best, Andrew.

 

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train20

Banned

• Feb 20, 2015

• #3

go to jointed rail they have stuff too.

 

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wva-usa

New member

• Feb 20, 2015

• #4

When I think of 1950s TOFC I usually think of 50 ft. flats and 35 ft. trailers that look something like this...

 

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flyboy559

Using Trainz since 2003

• Feb 20, 2015

• #5

wva-usa, that is more or less what Im looking for. I have a few pictures around my house of SP Black Widows hauling flats with trailers on the back. That is what got me looking for stuff.

 

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wva-usa

New member

• Feb 20, 2015

• #6

flyboy559 said:

wva-usa, that is more or less what Im looking for. I have a few pictures around my house of SP Black Widows hauling flats with trailers on the back. That is what got me looking for stuff.

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The Southern Pacific was one of the pioneers in TOFC or "piggyback service", first introducing the service in 1953, I believe. Before the 1957 Interstate Highway Act, the maximum trailer length was 35 feet. The '57 act increased max length to 40 feet. I think the SP was hauling (at least some) trailers in the 22-25 foot range during the early 1950s -- maybe two per flat car?

 

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wva-usa

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• Feb 21, 2015

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I'm not finding anything "ready made" on the DLS, but you can make a '50s piggyback car, w/35 ft. trailer on a 50 ft. flat car (like the ones below) using "parts" found on the DLS.

 

Last edited: Feb 21, 2015