What Is Your Favorite Flatcar And Load?

 One that I sold. Was a depressed diecast flatcar from K-Line with a huge propeller for a ship. Think it was a Western Maryland. Got into 3RS and didn't want to convert it over. Didn't want to try and then have it not work. Something about that massive propeller anchored down that looked really cool. The car itself was just okay.

I was collecting postwar Lionel flat cars with loads for a while. Never did get all of them. It would be tough for me to pick a favorite group, let alone a single favorite car.

I guess I'd pick the 6511 long flat car with pipes and die cast truck mounting plates. The pipes were fragile, and are often found in poor condition or missing. Reproduction pipes are fairly common.

Lionel offered replacement pipes. They came in a small box, marked 6511-24. They were considered more desirable than the car, but with declining interest, who knows?

the 6418/6518 cars. but the factory loads never seem big enough for these cars. I want to find one without the load and make my own.

I also like the Lionel flatcars with military truck loads by Pyro for their rarity in perfect condition

Bob C.

Dennis Holler

very interesting pictures

Bob C.

that's more like it Dennis.

Mine was the 2411 and 6411 die cast flat cars. They haul everything from Reenactors equipment to logs on my layout.

Marine

SOO LINE

Very impressive flatcar. did you make the loads yourself?

Bob C.

No Robert.

Lionel made these some time back (I think the 90's).  The loads are nice but I never cared for the flatcars they were on so I moved them to a Lionel flat, weathered the wood base, added chain and fastened down.

Dave

Thought those came with the Titanic set as well.

Here is my other favorite load   Almost looks like a giant Piggy.  Would like to build a scale load like this and place it on a nice Max Gray brass flat car.

Here you go ... literally. A vintage Gilbert AF 25515.

Bob

Any with a tank or other military load

-Greg

mine is a home made load of Iron Re-bar. easy to do and looks great on a heavy duty freight consist

Favorite load - not necessarily; favorite flatcar? Yes. 

Before: - K-Line die-cast model of modern welded car: 

After:

The paint scheme is accurate per photos; to back-date the flatcar, I added Micro-Mark 3-dimensional rivet decals:

And for all you fellow closet Marxists out there, there's this MOW water car (all Marx except the paint and Lionel couplers on Marx trucks) - 

I really like the RMT Beeps on a depressed flat.

K-line flat car modified and old Revell Nike Hercules kit. Built it because I worked as a missile tracking operator for three years at a Nike site. 

My favorite load is Weaver 50 ft flat car with M2/3 Bradleys.      I have about 12 or 13 of them.       

In 1967 DOD began sending their CH-34s to Davis-Monthan in Arizona.  I refer to this helicopter as the last one.

John

My favorite:

I like tha Nike flatcar very much. I also have that Nike model. am a big missile enthusiast. and thanks for serving

Bob C.

Military loads, all kinds.....

Especially....."tank cars"....

Peter

Peter,

Where those models or diecast military loads.   Looks good.

Cat Flat. 

Pete

"Borrowing" a bath.

I, too, like the K-line (I miss K-line) die-cast 1:48 propeller flat - I have it. Problem is, so far as I know, a propeller would never be shipped in that position: 2 blades up, one down. A top-heavy situation. 

I forget if it can be re-positioned.

One reason I like propeller cars is that I live in a seaport city where propellers are/were made for ocean-going ships. Those pre-cad/cam mold-makers had some set of skills. 

This was a club car from another forum. It's a Weaver with custom wood crates.

Don

Mine is a flat car I received for this past Christmas from my daughter and her husband. He works for Case/New Holland. She put it together with Pennsylvania flatcar from Menard's.

KRL #300300 depressed center flatcar with transformer load.  6 MTH roller bearing trucks = 12 axles

KWUX 14 axle heavy duty flatcar with transformer load. (prototype owned by Siemens)

Here is a model of the KWUX 10 depressed center flatcar with generator load.  This one has 16 axles.

Notice the size comparison with the exact size O scale figure in the photo.

The prototype is owned by Siemens.

Randy T posted:

Peter,

 

Where those models or diecast military loads.   Looks good.

Mostly (>90%) diecast.  Two (I believe) are kits.

Peter

Marx Deluxe Delivery

Some very interesting flatcars

Bob C.

Another favorite flatcar and load is the Mammoet MAMX 1001.  The prototype has 18 axles. This  is an O scale scale model that is 36 inches in length.

Another large flatcar model with load. This is a KRL 163201 16-axle depressed center car with large transformer load.

Mine is pipes big transformers and lumber and heavy machines.Almost forgot steel beams.