Seaboard Air Line autorack (model)

[Denis F. Blake]

OK, here it is, the first completed Seaboard Air Line autorack model from Accurail. This is the bi level car. I will assemble the trilevel one this evening and post the scan here as well.

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?f=3&i=19285&t=19285

Regards,

Denis F. Blake

[JPB]

Looks pretty good. How are the ladders and grab irons? They don't look to thick and out of scale in the picture. What is the build date on those cars? I checked in 'SAL: The Route of Courteous Service' and didn't find much on these cars or this kind of traffic. I know SAL had some hot TOFC trains, but I can't find where or when they used auto carriers.

[Denis F. Blake]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by JPB:
Looks pretty good. How are the ladders and grab irons? They don't look to thick and out of scale in the picture. What is the build date on those cars? I checked in 'SAL: The Route of Courteous Service' and didn't find much on these cars or this kind of traffic. I know SAL had some hot TOFC trains, but I can't find where or when they used auto carriers.<hr></blockquote>

The Seaboard had plenty of auto traffic. They served a Ford plant at Norfolk. The SAL rostered over 300 autoracks. The SAL was also fond of tacking the cars, if necessary, onto the rear of the Tidewater, a passenger train.

Regards,