O27 Gauge Piggyback Trailers and Flatcars with Loads Let’s see them

Hi Lee.  Like your pigs.   Here is a car I found years ago at York.  Looks to be a 3460 with grey trailers.

It is brush painted and looks to have been done a long time ago.

@HSD68 posted:

Hi Lee.  Like your pigs.   Here is a car I found years ago at York.  Looks to be a 3460 with grey trailers.

It is brush painted and looks to have been done a long time ago.

Thanks for sharing I would hang on to it looks liked they used some old Walthers O Scale decals on it  very nice and thanks for the complement

Who make's the decals you are using.

Harold

I replaced the old Lionel tires with the Revell 1/48 tanker wheels and tires which is now Atlantis is selling. I made the axle from square stock styrene the mud flaps are some black plastic I had saved.

@HSD68 posted:

Who make's the decals you are using.

Harold

Harold.  They are HO 1/87 scale decals the BeMac is from Graphics on Demand and the Pennsylvania i can’t remember the guys name but Mt. Vernon car works is making them now with some other nice ones to me tbe fit just fine.

Here are some Walthers decals I bought to do another B&O.  The $3.00 price gives away their age.  I understand that you can spray them with gloss coat and still use them.  I read that Walthers decals are thin and tear easily when old.

@HSD68 posted:

Here are some Walthers decals I bought to do another B&O.  The $3.00 price gives away their age.  I understand that you can spray them with gloss coat and still use them.  I read that Walthers decals are thin and tear easily when old.

I have a set just like them and I would spray them before I used them I have several Walthers decals but never used them yet

Very cool they look great

I bought a whole case of NKP piggyback cars in 92 to repaint but never did.  Not sure if I want to repaint them now.

Always nice to see your work, Lee! My layout expansion will have a spur and piggyback unloading ramp.

They look great, Lee

Nice work Lee. I've posted this car before but this looks like a good thread to drop it again.

I took the trailer off of this flat and put two Lionel chassis on. The trailer was too tall to clear my upper level so I made it work.

Bob

That is a neat job you did, Bob!  I think this is a good place to show your piggyback again.

@HSD68 posted:

I bought a whole case of NKP piggyback cars in 92 to repaint but never did.  Not sure if I want to repaint them now.

Harold now is the time there’s plenty of decal options these days compared to back in 1992 dig them out and start customizing them would like to see them.

Had a little trouble reading your post. 

@Artie-DL&W posted:

Always nice to see your work, Lee! My layout expansion will have a spur and piggyback unloading ramp.

Artie thanks for the complement you know I’ve got a Lackawanna up my sleeve lol.

@Mark Boyce posted:

They look great, Lee

Thanks Mark if you have any Lionel O27 Flatcars with loads or Piggybacks your more than welcome to post them.

@HSD68 posted:

Had a little trouble reading your post.

It’s fixed

@RSJB18 posted:

Nice work Lee. I've posted this car before but this looks like a good thread to drop it again.

I took the trailer off of this flat and put two Lionel chassis on. The trailer was too tall to clear my upper level so I made it work.

Bob

Bob thanks for stopping by and sharing your pics I remember when you built that glad to see it again if you have anymore Lionel O27 Flatcars post them like Mark said this is a good place to post them.

Guys just edited the Thread Topic now everyone can join in the fun posting so let’s see those old Lionel O27 Flatcars  and other one you may have

While I don’t have the typical 027 piggybacks, I’ve got these full size O scale cars, Lee! I barely have room on the present layout to run them! Can’t wait to see more, Lee!

@Artie-DL&W posted:

While I don’t have the typical 027 piggybacks, I’ve got these full size O scale cars, Lee! I barely have room on the present layout to run them! Can’t wait to see more, Lee!

Thanks for sharing Artie that will work always liked the Phoebe Snow I’ll surprise you some day soon

Nice cars.  The only non Lionel pigs I have are a Weaver B&O and WM

Lee great projects! You always do amazing work!

Bob, thats a sharp looking flat car!

Artie, nice shot of your flat cars and of your layout!

I have a silly question as I have no idea how to tell the difference. How do you tell a 027 flatcar?

@mike g. posted:

Lee great projects! You always do amazing work!

Bob, thats a sharp looking flat car!

Artie, nice shot of your flat cars and of your layout!

I have a silly question as I have no idea how to tell the difference. How do you tell a 027 flatcar?

Mike there more smaller and narrower than Standard O and there near S Scale with O gauge trucks I’m sure some can explain it better

This is what I’m working on tonight M&M Transport of Somerville Massachusetts. It’s  very cold out so this will be my stopping point till I can get the roof and wheels paint. I’m not quite sure if they had maroon trailers for this particular logo they had but the wife came home with some Dollar General dark red that looked pretty good so I painted it they also had a red and cream logo too that I know went on to a silver trailer I’ll be picking out a good East Coast Lionel flat car for this.

Here’s a Lionel O27 piggyback Flatcar I Custom built last year I plan on doing a lot more like this.

Mike, the photo I took of my piggyback cars are Lionel scale PS-4 cars. They have excellent detail, and the good trucks with hidden uncoupler plates. The trailers are scale (1:48), as well. They date back to the early 2000’s.

Lee, that trailer and the flat look great. I like the idea of real wood for the flatcar deck.

While they're not TOFCs they are flats with loads that run on 027 track.  First are two are Menard's USAF 14-1/2" flat cars that each had an ISO tank.  I combined the two tanks onto one car and put a K-Line missle launcher on the other.

Next is a MTH RK depressed center flat that had a 1/64 tractor on it that I replaced with a LEGO submarines.  I'm pretty sure it'll clear 027 switches.

I'll have to dig out some TOFCs or some of my intermodal spines and get some photos.

Lee, your M&M trailer is looking outstanding! and your custom-made flatcar is just great! But I do have a question, how did you reattach the trucks?

Artie, thanks for the information! They sure are a great set of cars!

Coach, your imagination for loads to put on your cars are great! I don't know if I am ready to think that far out of the box yet! LOL

@coach joe posted:

While they're not TOFCs they are flats with loads that run on 027 track.  First are two are Menard's USAF 14-1/2" flat cars that each had an ISO tank.  I combined the two tanks onto one car and put a K-Line missle launcher on the other.

Next is a MTH RK depressed center flat that had a 1/64 tractor on it that I replaced with a LEGO submarines.  I'm pretty sure it'll clear 027 switches.

I'll have to dig out some TOFCs or some of my intermodal spines and get some photos.

Looks good coach I’m just glad you posted them

@Artie-DL&W posted:

Mike, the photo I took of my piggyback cars are Lionel scale PS-4 cars. They have excellent detail, and the good trucks with hidden uncoupler plates. The trailers are scale (1:48), as well. They date back to the early 2000’s.

Lee, that trailer and the flat look great. I like the idea of real wood for the flatcar deck.

Thanks Artie this is a really fun project

@mike g. posted:

Lee, your M&M trailer is looking outstanding! and your custom-made flatcar is just great! But I do have a question, how did you reattach the trucks?

Artie, thanks for the information! They sure are a great set of cars!

Coach, your imagination for loads to put on your cars are great! I don't know if I am ready to think that far out of the box yet! LOL

Mike I think I used some screws I got at my local Feed Store but I will have to double check

@Dave_C posted:

Very nice pics Dave! Are those Farmall F-20s on that Ruthland flat

Here’s a nifty idea from eBay. Upright supports for vans on flats. Keeps ‘em from succumbing to centrifugal force, and rocketing off the table.

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

Here’s a nifty idea from eBay. Upright supports for vans on flats. Keeps ‘em from succumbing to centrifugal force, and rocketing off the table.

Mark very nice I’ve never seen those before thanks for sharing

Lee, yes those are Farmall’s  I was at a show a few years ago and there were a bunch on a table for sale. I had seen flatcars with tractors in some pictures and decided to buy them. Really just bought the Farmall’s because there were plenty of them versus the others and I wanted it to look like a factory shipment. They are cool looking. Just not sure of when they were built or where.

Sorry I misread the title of 027 flatcars and posted. Glad you enjoyed them though.

Here are my only two O27 flat cars with trailers.

@Dave_C posted:

Lee, yes those are Farmall’s  I was at a show a few years ago and there were a bunch on a table for sale. I had seen flatcars with tractors in some pictures and decided to buy them. Really just bought the Farmall’s because there were plenty of them versus the others and I wanted it to look like a factory shipment. They are cool looking. Just not sure of when they were built or where.

Sorry I misread the title of 027 flatcars and posted. Glad you enjoyed them though.

Thanks I don’t care if there not o27 I was glad you shared them

@DG posted:

Here are my only two O27 flat cars with trailers.

Dudley thanks for posting I just bought a Lionel L&N pup trailers yesterday for my collection. I like that C&O flat car

Here’s a Santa Fe I did last Early last Spring a little more intense  but it was fun

Nice work on your "027" trailers Lee. You wrote previously on my photo thread, that my work had inspired you. And now, your alterations shown here have inspired me.

Some photos below that may have been on my other thread...

Above, a traditional Lionel flat car that I cut a piece out of, to shorten and get it more to proper "027 scale." Since taking this photo I have painted the treadplate ends of the flatcar a blackened silver. May not be accurate, but I like it better. The trailer is one I found many years ago at a dollar store, that is perfect "027 scale." Slightly smaller than the traditional type Lionel containers. I wish I had gotten more of them at that time, as I have never seen them again since.

Above, an originally much longer flat car, that I chopped down to more "027 scale" proportions. The trailer is one of the traditional type containers made by Lionel for many years. I also cut the length of that down, managing to keep the original factory lettering, but painted the roof of the trailer silver to help hide the cut line which was more visible on the roof.

Above is fun project that had been on my mind for years... an 027-friendly deep well car, albeit a representation versus an accurate scale replica. The flat car is an MPC era 8-inch one. I used styrene on the sides for the alterations, and other scrap parts, like some cut down K-Line metal ladders from their boxcars. The bottom container trailer is one of the Lionel 027 ones, that I cut the bottom off of. It fits snuggly over a piece of foam board that is glued to the flatcar surface. This is so I can change the bottom CSX container if I wish. The top container has the wheels and everything else on the bottom, cut off. It stays put on the lower container via some pieces of hobby foam glued to the bottom of the upper container. Since this photo was taken, I have added JB Hunt decals to this trailer.

I have several of this type of car, which started off as the frames from the Lionel spring activated dump cars, BUT which had the dump tabs broken off of when I bought them. I make various alterations to the flat car, so that I can use a variety of containers or trailers on them. The container shown above is one of the traditionally sized Lionel type.

Now when I get the Lionel dump cars of this type, I make supports to reinforce the tabs for the dump frame on the car itself. It's much easier to replace the dump frame if the tabs break on those (or even fix them, though kind of a pain), than it is to repair the ones on the car itself... and get the repaired tabs to match the existing color of the car. Much easier to take preventative steps.

I believe this was the photo Lee that you commented on previously. I like what you did with the wheels on your trailers, and my have to make some alterations to mine. I have these Lionel pup 027  trailers repainted in Reading, Norfolk Southern, CSX, Conrail, Chessie System, Jersey Central, Burlington Northern, JB Hunt and many others now.

Given that Lionel's tooling dollars are completely lopsided to the high-end side, we 027 and traditionally sized operators really have to take matters into our own hands. I have always found it somewhat ironic that I get so many positive comments about my alterations from HO scale guys. The very first time I did a show with a traveling layout I had, the HO guys were just raving about it. "Hey, take a look at what this Lionel guy is doing... you've never seen anything like this."

I've asked a few of them as to why.  They have told me that even though what I am doing isn't to precision scale, I am doing what they have done for years: Being a model railroader.

Thanks Lee for showing us your projects. Call me inspired. May be others will be too.

@brianel_k-lineguy posted:

Nice work on your "027" trailers Lee. You wrote previously on my photo thread, that my work had inspired you. And now, your alterations shown here have inspired me.

Some photos below that may have been on my other thread...

Above, a traditional Lionel flat car that I cut a piece out of, to shorten and get it more to proper "027 scale." Since taking this photo I have painted the treadplate ends of the flatcar a blackened silver. May not be accurate, but I like it better. The trailer is one I found many years ago at a dollar store, that is perfect "027 scale." Slightly smaller than the traditional type Lionel containers. I wish I had gotten more of them at that time, as I have never seen them again since.

Above, an originally much longer flat car, that I chopped down to more "027 scale" proportions. The trailer is one of the traditional type containers made by Lionel for many years. I also cut the length of that down, managing to keep the original factory lettering, but painted the roof of the trailer silver to help hide the cut line which was more visible on the roof.

Above is fun project that had been on my mind for years... an 027-friendly deep well car, albeit a representation versus an accurate scale replica. The flat car is an MPC era 8-inch one. I used styrene on the sides for the alterations, and other scrap parts, like some cut down K-Line metal ladders from their boxcars. The bottom container trailer is one of the Lionel 027 ones, that I cut the bottom off of. It fits snuggly over a piece of foam board that is glued to the flatcar surface. This is so I can change the bottom CSX container if I wish. The top container has the wheels and everything else on the bottom, cut off. It stays put on the lower container via some pieces of hobby foam glued to the bottom of the upper container. Since this photo was taken, I have added JB Hunt decals to this trailer.

I have several of this type of car, which started off as the frames from the Lionel spring activated dump cars, BUT which had the dump tabs broken off of when I bought them. I make various alterations to the flat car, so that I can use a variety of containers or trailers on them. The container shown above is one of the traditionally sized Lionel type.

Now when I get the Lionel dump cars of this type, I make supports to reinforce the tabs for the dump frame on the car itself. It's much easier to replace the dump frame if the tabs break on those (or even fix them, though kind of a pain), than it is to repair the ones on the car itself... and get the repaired tabs to match the existing color of the car. Much easier to take preventative steps.

I believe this was the photo Lee that you commented on previously. I like what you did with the wheels on your trailers, and my have to make some alterations to mine. I have these Lionel pup 027  trailers repainted in Reading, Norfolk Southern, CSX, Conrail, Chessie System, Jersey Central, Burlington Northern, JB Hunt and many others now.

Given that Lionel's tooling dollars are completely lopsided to the high-end side, we 027 and traditionally sized operators really have to take matters into our own hands. I have always found it somewhat ironic that I get so many positive comments about my alterations from HO scale guys. The very first time I did a show with a traveling layout I had, the HO guys were just raving about it. "Hey, take a look at what this Lionel guy is doing... you've never seen anything like this."

I've asked a few of them as to why.  They have told me that even though what I am doing isn't to precision scale, I am doing what they have done for years: Being a model railroader.

Thanks Lee for showing us your projects. Call me inspired. May be others will be too.

Brian thanks for sharing your story and pics. I’ve always had this idea in my head for years but never persuaded it. My life has changed since I go Covid I deal with post Covid every day and life is just too short anymore so that’s why I’m really going to focus on building as many of these as I can. This is what it’s all about inspiring each other and sharing ideas. I’ll be posting more later.

Reading this thread made me want to get out my Piggyback cars and run them. Most of them taken out of their boxes for the first time.

@David Nissen posted:

Reading this thread made me want to get out my Piggyback cars and run them. Most of them taken out of their boxes for the first time.

David.  I absolutely loved that video thanks for taking the time to make and post them I really appreciate it and I hope the rest of the gang does too. You have some very interesting Piggybacks there.

Lee, This is the only piggy back trailer I have.  It is a RailKing semi-scale that my wife gave me for Christmas.

@Mark Boyce posted:

Lee, This is the only piggy back trailer I have.  It is a RailKing semi-scale that my wife gave me for Christmas.

Mark I like it and I’m glad you shared it. I plan on doing a couple traditional Lionel WM.

Thank you, Lee!

I got a couple more trailers painted ready for some decals and I got a riff on the M&M trailer and mock it up on the Piggy Flat. That’s it for tonight.

Really nice, Lee!

@Mark Boyce posted:

Really nice, Lee!

Thanks Mark I appreciate it

Really nice, Lee! Continuing to be an inspiration for us!

@Artie-DL&W posted:

Really nice, Lee! Continuing to be an inspiration for us!

Thanks Artie I have so many ideas on the way hope you stay tuned.

Before calling it a night I decided to decal one of my freshly painted Pups trailers. What better Van Line to have sitting on a Lionel O27 Flatcar that Lyon Van Lines.

Dang it, Lee, I’m on just about every day to follow this thread!

I remember Lyon Van Lines!  Lyon-el It looks great, Lee!

@Artie-DL&W posted:

Dang it, Lee, I’m on just about every day to follow this thread!

Keeps you out of trouble keep following you might miss something

@Mark Boyce posted:

I remember Lyon Van Lines!  Lyon-el It looks great, Lee!

Thanks Mark! Now you get it. I’ve never seen them in real life only pics there one of my favorite Van Lines next to Bekins wait a minute Bekins that gives me a idea

@lee drennen posted:

Thanks Mark! Now you get it. I’ve never seen them in real life only pics there one of my favorite Van Lines next to Bekins wait a minute Bekins that gives me a idea

Mayflower??

@Mark Boyce posted:

Mayflower??

Another good one thanks Mark and yes I have the decals for that one  I think I will add it to my list

@lee drennen posted:

Another good one thanks Mark and yes I have the decals for that one  I think I will add it to my list

Sounds like you have a lot of decals!

Lee, those Lyon decals make that pup look sharp.

I notice David's Nickel Plate pups have a squarer nose and tandem axles.  I wonder how many of the Lionel TOFCs came that way?

@Mark Boyce posted:

Sounds like you have a lot of decals!

Yes Mark I built Custom HO Truck/Trailers  from 2003-2010 and made my own decals and some I outsourced the art work I figured I better get to using them up because some are well over 10yrs old

@coach joe posted:

Lee, those Lyon decals make that pup look sharp.

I notice David's Nickel Plate pups have a squarer nose and tandem axles.  I wonder how many of the Lionel TOFCs came that way?

Thanks Joe I can’t wait to get the wheels on it and seal the decals but it’s very cold here so I’ll have to wait to seal them when it warms up. I just bought a Western Maryland and it is a square nose with tandem wheels. I have 2 sets of Nickel Plate I think there’s a Lionel trailer that’s a square nose. I plan on making these square nosed ones my “West Coast” trailers. I hope you guys follow along. If you have any pics of these O27 Lionel piggybacks please post them

Nice work as usual Lee.

@RSJB18 posted:

Nice work as usual Lee.

Thanks Bob I appreciate it. I like that Pennsylvania Piggyback I have one just like it but I’m keeping it original to stay with my Lionel Pennsylvania Flyer set sometimes you just have to keep it traditional.  Thanks for sharing

@lee drennen posted:

Thanks Bob I appreciate it. I like that Pennsylvania Piggyback I have one just like it but I’m keeping it original to stay with my Lionel Pennsylvania Flyer set sometimes you just have to keep it traditional.  Thanks for sharing

Agreed

Nice thread Lee drennen, A couple of mine. God Speed All! Mark

The first photo is of my layout in Escondido, California, back in 1988 with an 027 Wabash flat car with trailers. The rest are O scale flats with loads that can run on 027 track from my present-day layout.

@Yellowstone Special posted:

The first photo is of my layout in Escondido, California, back in 1988 with an 027 Wabash flat car with trailers. The rest are O scale flats with loads that can run on 027 track from my present-day layout.

Vern thanks for sharing I like that GT Flatcar

@Sitka posted:

Nice thread Lee drennen, A couple of mine. God Speed All! Mark

Mark. Thanks for sharing your piggies look very nice on your layout the Pennsylvania letters are dark and a lot nicer than mine.

@lee drennen posted:

Vern thanks for sharing I like that GT Flatcar

Thank you Lee, my pleasure. It’s a TTOS car, but I don’t know from what year.

@lee drennen posted:

Thanks Bob I appreciate it. I like that Pennsylvania Piggyback I have one just like it but I’m keeping it original to stay with my Lionel Pennsylvania Flyer set sometimes you just have to keep it traditional.  Thanks for sharing

Very nice, thanks. RP

That Wabash flat with the tandem pups seems to be making it's way around the forum.  I could have sworn it was in a box in the garage.

Vern some really nice loads on those flats.

@lee drennen posted:

Mark. Thanks for sharing your piggies look very nice on your layout the Pennsylvania letters are dark and a lot nicer than mine.

Anytime lee, have a few more to post, wish I had a few more Pennsy. Thanks again Mark

@coach joe posted:

That Wabash flat with the tandem pups seems to be making it's way around the forum.  I could have sworn it was in a box in the garage.

Vern some really nice loads on those flats.

Thanks Joe. For some loads I just use odds and ends that have accumulated over the years.

@Sitka posted:

Anytime lee, have a few more to post, wish I had a few more Pennsy. Thanks again Mark

Keep posting I really enjoy looking at them you guys are sharing

Here you go lee a Frisco and Western Maryland piggyback, Have a good Sunday all. Mark

@Sitka posted:

Here you go lee a Frisco and Western Maryland piggyback, Have a good Sunday all. Mark

Thanks Mark. I like that Frisco I may have to pick one up

@lee drennen posted:

Thanks Mark. I like that Frisco I may have to pick one up

YW, I haven't bought one in years, since you did this thread you gave me a bug, have to look at ebay and trainz.com. Later Mark

@coach joe posted:

I notice David's Nickel Plate pups have a squarer nose and tandem axles.  I wonder how many of the Lionel TOFCs came that way?

As a rough guideline, Lionel’s pup trailers are: tandem axle, square nose on trailer; single axle, rounded nose on trailer. The trailers and flatcars are not interchangeable, because of the relative position of the chocks on the different trailers, to accommodate the different axle configurations.

Tandem axle vans - Wabash, Western Maryland, NKP, Katy, Frisco, NY Central Flatcar w/ Gleason/Sasib vans. There may be others I’m unaware of.

@Sitka posted:

YW, I haven't bought one in years, since you did this thread you gave me a bug, have to look at ebay and trainz.com. Later Mark

There’s some on eBay cheap right now I’ll post what I got last week later here

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

As a rough guideline, Lionel’s pup trailers are: tandem axle, square nose on trailer; single axle, rounded nose on trailer. The trailers and flatcars are not interchangeable, because of the relative position of the chocks on the different trailers, to accommodate the different axle configurations.

Tandem axle vans - Wabash, Western Maryland, NKP, Katy, Frisco, NY Central Flatcar w/ Gleason/Sasib vans. There may be others I’m unaware of.

Thanks for the info I’ve also seen a Lionel Lines in a tandem

Hi Lee.

Here are a few that I had posted on Pull out your MPC

@HSD68 posted:

Hi Lee.

Here are a few that I had posted on Pull out your MPC

Thanks for sharing that a nice collection there’s still a few in your pics I need to get.

Thank you for this topic. I'm new in this but trailers on flatcars are some of my favorites. I had already bought Lionel 6-26951 that is a T.T.X. flatcar carrying PRR trailer# 15104. Then I bought MTH 30-7626 that is a PRR flatcar and was surprised to see that the PRR trailer on it has the same # 15104. I guess they modeled the same prototype, even though the logos on the trailers are in different locations.

To show all my trailer on flatcars I made a video like David Nissen did.

@John's Trains posted:

To show all my trailer on flatcars I made a video like David Nissen did.

Thanks John very nice Piggybacks

Another Piggyback a Lionel Lines was in the tunnel, I found carboard boxes in the tunnel think it was robbed.

Totally forgot I had this until reading these posts jogged my memory.

Lionel made these flats with a variety of road names a few years back. This one sports the classic orange and blue.

After running these piggyback cars for the first time I have discovered that the trailers don't stay on the flat cars to well. I have been experimenting with making wheel chocks that  will better hold the trailers to the flat cars. These are 3D printed and mount to the slots on the flat car the same as the original wheel chocks.

With the Lionel trailers, I just squeeze the tires together and the friction usually keeps the trailers in place.

@David Nissen posted:

After running these piggyback cars for the first time I have discovered that the trailers don't stay on the flat cars to well. I have been experimenting with making wheel chocks that  will better hold the trailers to the flat cars. These are 3D printed and mount to the slots on the flat car the same as the original wheel chocks.

I added a little hot glue to keep mine in place, you can always take it off if wanted.

@Sitka posted:

Another Piggyback a Lionel Lines was in the tunnel, I found carboard boxes in the tunnel think it was robbed.

Lol!!   I like those I’m going to try to get some painted tonight

@johnstrains posted:

Totally forgot I had this until reading these posts jogged my memory.

Lionel made these flats with a variety of road names a few years back. This one sports the classic orange and blue.

Very nice John thanks for sharing

@David Nissen posted:

After running these piggyback cars for the first time I have discovered that the trailers don't stay on the flat cars to well. I have been experimenting with making wheel chocks that  will better hold the trailers to the flat cars. These are 3D printed and mount to the slots on the flat car the same as the original wheel chocks.

David that is a great idea did it improve the ride?

Northern Pacific Piggyback

Here’s some more ready to be painted and decaled. The Missouri Pacific is almost done

As long as we're doing this it's probably worth including a picture of the guys who got this whole thing started - the Cooper-Jarrett van cars in gray and white.

for whatever reason the white in the picture is not the bright white of the actual vans.

Do not forget the 3460

@Robert S. Butler posted:

As long as we're doing this it's probably worth including a picture of the guys who got this whole thing started - the Cooper-Jarrett van cars in gray and white.

for whatever reason the white in the picture is not the bright white of the actual vans.

Yes Robert thanks for sharing. I always like the Orange and silver placard ones the best. I have plans to make a Cooper Jarrett but not like these

Snowed in today so I painted and decaled one of these Piggybacks. I plan on working on these tomorrow

Found another one Lee. Bought this a while back and forgot I had it.

Good call Robert - Always loved the original 6430/6440/3460 series of car

Also this guy

@RSJB18 posted:

Found another one Lee. Bought this a while back and forgot I had it.

Thanks for sharing Bob. I bought mine about a year ago and thought about you was wondering if you had one thanks again

Focusing on New York Central and Rochester I had to have these.

Pete

...and then, of course, there are the very poor, stripped down, relations

Lionel #6440

...and 6405

My first postwar purchase.  The 6511.   

@Robert S. Butler posted:

...and then, of course, there are the very poor, stripped down, relations

Lionel #6440

...and 6405

Thanks for sharing Robert. I’m glad Lionel didn’t car on with the slit’s in the sides of there trailers for the placards

lee drennen: The new wheel chocks held the trailers better but the front end of the trailers would still slide from side to side.
I then made a chock for the front also and it was a lot better. I then discovered that with the front tied down the original chocks worked OK.

The front chock attaches with a 6-32 x 3/8 in screw and nut through an existing hole in the flat car.
I have attached an (.stl) file that can be 3D printed if anyone else would like to try it out.