Uncataloged O Scale Premier Flat Car w/(2) PUP Trailers Announced

September 9, 2024 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has announced an exclusive and uncataloged Premier O Scale Flat Car w/(2) PUP Trailers in RF&P livery for M.T.H. Authorized Retailer Tiny Tim’s Trains & Toys. The cars will be offered in two car numbers, both in extremely limited quantities beginning in January 2025.

20-95753 Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Flat Car w/(2) PUP Trailers
Car No. 554
Order Price: $95.00 (plus freight)
Click HERE to order from Tiny Tim's.

20-95754 Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Flat Car w/(2) PUP Trailers
Car No. 555
Order Price: $95.00 (plus freight)
Click HERE to order from Tiny Tim's.

ABOUT THE PREMIER O SCALE FLAT CAR WITH PUP TRAILERS

The trailer-on-flat-car, or TOFC, concept actually predates the trucking industry. For a brief period in the 1800s, Long Island farmers could ship their loaded wagons to market on a local railroad. The modern use of railroads to ship loaded trailers began on the Chicago Great Western Railroad (the "Corn Belt Route") in 1935 and became widespread in the 1950s under the leadership of a former GM executive named Eugene Ryan and early supporters that included the Pennsy, New Haven, Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Burlington, and Southern Pacific railroads.

Originally a large number of trailers were railroad-owned, and loading and unloading was done "circus-style" by driving the trailers onto a string of flatcars from one end. A major advance came in the 1960s with the advent of the first side-lift cranes, dramatically speeding up loading and unloading. Today the combination of trailer and container shipments, known collectively as intermodal, constitutes the largest class of freight on American railroads.

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Tiny Tim’s Trains & Toys
104 S. Railroad Avenue
Ashland, VA 23005
(804) 368-0063

www.trainandtoystore.com

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These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.