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

August 27, 2024 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has announced an exclusive and uncataloged Premier O Scale Flat Car w/(2) PUP Trailers in Nickel Plate Road livery for exclusive distribution for M.T.H. Authorized Retailer Stockyard Express. The cars will be offered in two car numbers, both in extremely limited quantities beginning in January 2025.

20-95773 Nickel Plate Road Flat Car w/(2) PUP Trailers
Car No. 45805
Order Price: $80.95 (plus freight)
Click HERE to contact Stockyard Express for ordering details.

20-95774 Nickel Plate Road Flat Car w/(2) PUP Trailers
Car No. 45806
Order Price: $80.95 (plus freight)
Click HERE to contact Stockyard Express for ordering details.

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.

Order directly from:

Stockyard Express
49293 Plate Road
Oberlin, OH 44074
(440)774-2131
www.stockyardexpressllc.com
Email: stockyardexpress@aol.com

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