@hobby-go-lucky posted:Which models were those? All of my Lionel 16xxx and 36xxx screened auto carriers issued in the 1990's have sliding doors at each end.
More like appearance (being shorter than scale) than in function. You might call them a stretched version (length and height) of the Lionel cars, or a compressed version of the MTH Premier cars. Visually, they'd fit better with the latter, being the same height.
@breezinup posted:The high water look is very noticeable. It looks like they might tip if speeds aren't limited on curves.
Funny you mention that, a few minutes ago I pulled out one of my MTH premier autoracks to measure its height (in response to SIRT's comment --they also measure 5" tall ), and noticed the styrofoam carries a sticker warning users of this exact same hazard. During my floor-layout days I never had issues with the MPC trilevels tipping over, but I always ran them empty. Fully loaded, these cars were (1) very heavy, and (2) very prone to tipping over if you didn't hold your speed down on those 027 curves. Probably explains why virtually all of the post-MPC reissues of this car were bilevel.
@PRRMP54 posted:They do sit quite a bit high on the trucks. The wheelsets appear to be about 33"/36"; I suspect that the prototypes were a smaller diameter.
According to a datasheet I found on BNSF's site, the (tri-level) prototype uses 28" wheels.
https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with.../Tri-Level-Specs.pdf
---PCJ
(oh hey, re-discovered how to multi-quote. Doesn't work when you're editing a post tho')
