A Limited Edition HO-Scale Atlas 51'6" Bulkhead Flatcar painted for freelance model railroad Chinook Lines!
This car is the third Home Shops offering for Joe Bohannon's Chinook Lines freelance model railroad. This colorful regional railroad is based on an alternate "What If" storyline that imagines a different outcome for the western end of the Milwaukee Road!
As a nod to the Milwaukee Road heritage of the Chinook Lines, these cars a painted in the beautiful Maroon & Federal Yellow that many MILW freight cars wore. We are very pleased with this car.
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About the Prototype:
Between 1973 and 1977 a series of bulkhead flat cars with similar dimensions and characteristics were built for the BCOL, CN and DW&P. The Canadian roads had a variety of bulkhead flat car designs for a variety of services, particularly for use in pulpwood and lumber ser- vice. Many of these cars can still be seen today with secondary owners. Some are still used in their original roles in pulpwood and lumber service. While others now haul miscellaneous cargo such as steel I-beams, sheet metal and rebar.
The Atlas 51'6" Bulkhead Flatcar features:
- Fully-assembled
- Multiple road numbers
- Prototypically correct ends and undercarriage
- Metal couplers
- Finely detailed 70-ton roller bearing trucks
- Crisp decoration
- Separately applied side and end ladders