Does anyone know if an O scale Flexibeam car has been made in either 3 rail or 2 rail? I see the real ones down at my local Anderson Windows plant. 82 feet long is a long car. I’d love to have one but with my 48" curves she would most likely stay on a siding most of the time.
Some center beams:
http://www.mth-railking.com/list.asp?search=name&qwest=0&muun=center%20beam
sorry but I don’t know how to make the link alive. You will have to copy and past it.
Some bulkends were converted to centers, btw in 1:1
MTH has offered a scale center/I beam flat car that is scale (aka 20" long). Lionel has offered non scale center beam cars as well. I don’t think either of these are the same as a true Flexibeam but they are the cars used for plywood/particle board.
What’s difference between flexibeam and center beam? Are these new types of rolling stock?
Flexibeam is a particular type of center beam flatcar. Main exterial difference is the height of the center “web”. FB’s center beam is lower than the end bulkheads. Other center beam cars have the center web right up to the top.
If these are the Gunderson Cars, then it would be only made in brass right now, and then it would be extremely limited.
Are you looking for a typical O Scale production run car from somebody like ATLAS O?
With those 48" curves you need an S Scale Version with O Gauge Trucks so the car can be run in trains. The best you could do is suggest and request the Flexibeam for the MTH RailKing line, Lionel LionMaster line, or Atlas O Industrial Rail Line. At 84’ Long in S Scale proportions the car will be around 16" long, the maximium length for a car that can negotiate 48" Diameter Curves.
Andrew