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Athearn Trains HO scale TTX 89-foot flatcar
This is an outstanding model. I model the Santa Fe in 1995 which did loads of intermodal operation. Trailers on flat cars are a very big part of the railroad traffic. This car operates very nicely and fits in with a lot of the Walthers, Atlas, and Accurail flat cars already on the layout. This model is pretty much as delivered so I will be pretty much be taking it down to just the hitches to make it appropriate for 1995. And oh yes, lots of weathering with tuscan brown on the deck.