[Don Chovanec]

I have a kit for these but have never seen one in real life or pictures. I think they carry trailers piggy backed but I am not sure how. The lead car has a skeleton frame with two trucks, the back cars hook onto the lead car and have one truck. I would also like to know the period. I suspect it is current because of the length of it. It is marked "Cotton Belt".

 

[stationmaster]

Are they "well" cars?

 

[Boston&Maine]

Are they "well" cars?

Or are they they type of spine cars that carry semi-truck trailers? From what I read online, those were popular durning the 1970's and 1980's, although they are still used today... The well car came about in the late 1970's and is a very popular way to haul freight today...

 

[Don Chovanec]

They seem like they might be spine cars. I can't imagine how the semi truck trailers could be loaded or mounted. There is a small "Plate Deck" at the rear. I suppose the tires could sit on that while the cars mount somehow to the spline. Thanks for the info I will keep looking into it.

 

[Boston&Maine]

Post up a picture of it if you can Don...

 

[shaygetz]

Here's a video of mine in action behind some boxcars. The trailers are a mix of Athearn, Con-Cor and Herpa. These particular cars came out in the early 80s, I still see them in service around here. You can run yours without the intermediate cars and still be prototypical, they are run that way.

 

[Don Chovanec]

Very Cool!! Thanks much, they are in kit form and I just started painting the accessaries and am getting them prepped to assemble them, now I know how they work. Have to get some trailers next and I am ready to rock and roll!

 

[shaygetz]

The trailers will help them track much better too. They are very light and will jump the track on a whim without the added weight.

 

[stationmaster]

Articulated spline cars. Ramps are used to load the trailers. They are a precursor to the RoadRailers of today. Examples would be NS's Triple Crown Division.

 

[Don Chovanec]

When I get them Built I will Post a Picture, should be in a day or so. Got em painted last night.