Athearn 15520 HO Scale 45' Trailer Fredrickson 324 Star Wars on the ultra-busy BNSF transcontinental

on the ultra-busy BNSF transcontinental mainline

Latching battery hold-down

SCX10 4WD Honcho RTR (AX90016)

tanks like this were a fixture of railroad facilities until the last days of steam

The arch bar was allowed in interchange service until about 1941

Athearn 15520 HO Scale 45' Trailer Fredrickson 324 Star Wars on the ultra-busy BNSF transcontinentalAthearn 15520 HO Scale 45' Trailer Fredrickson 324 Trailer On Flat Car (TOFC) has been in service since the 1940s when it was originally developed to load truck trailers onto flat cars to streamline service and minimize transferring cargo from boxcars to trailers. In the early 1980s, after the railroads were deregulated, TOFC service exploded in North America. The railroad's ability to adjust haul rates to be competitive with trucking meant new