ExactRail 63' Center-beam
flatcar in HO scale
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xactRail recently started shipping a model of a 63' (60'-
8” inside length) Thrall Center Beam flatcar. Eagerly
awaited by HO scale modelers, an early hand-built pro-
totype was shown at the 2012 National Train Show in Grand
Rapids, Michigan.
Featuring an “opera window” style center-beam, the car is
offered in six paint schemes – two different Milwaukee paint
schemes, Burlington Northern, Union Pacific, Western Pacific,
and BNSF. Multiple road names are offered in each paint
scheme, and while some of them are still in stock at ExactRail,
many are either sold out, or nearly so.
The car itself is described by ExactRail as a “hybrid” model,
with the main structure using both etched brass and plastic in
by Jeff Shultz
and Joe Brugger
First Look: Center-beam flatcar - 1
1: BN 624185.
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