New Trucks from Trainworx

[sirenwerks]

Edit:  There is also ... the Peterbilt 280/350 introduced in 1949.

The bubblenose COE?

[cfritschle]

I'm assuming the Merrit Gold Line cattle trailer dates to the same period as the 379?  HuskerN has a contemporary livestock trailer in prod already.  We could use an early cattle trailer again, since the Lineside kit is advertised but RPHobbies refuses to produce it or even respond to inquiries about if it will ever be produced again.

The Trainworx cattle trailer is too modern for the 1960s.

The bubblenose COE?

Bryan

The Peterbilt 280/350 is a conventional truck and the primary spotting difference between it and the 281/351 is the grille.  Pat had two different grilles tooled for the "Duel" truck, but I am not sure if there are any additional differences.  These trucks consist of a lot of parts, so they can be made very model specific.

Carter

[sirenwerks]

The Peterbilt 280/350 is a conventional truck and the primary spotting difference between it and the 281/351 is the grille.  Pat had two different grilles tooled for the "Duel" truck, but I am not sure if there are any additional differences.  These trucks consist of a lot of parts, so they can be made very model specific.

Carter,

You may want to double check that.  It has always been my understanding that the 280 and 350 were bubble nose hybrid COEs, and the 281and 351 were the conventional needle nose versions of the same trucks (as pictured in Trainworx's brochure).  Check out 1950 in the Peterbilt timeline to see the company id'ing the 350 as a bubblenose - http://www.peterbilt.com/resources/75th_Timeline.pdf - and the 280 was a duplicate of the 350 body style.  Personally, I'd love to see the COE.

[mu26aeh]

Pictures in the N Scale Convention thread.  I think alot of us are going to be in trouble....

https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=36020.msg431981#msg431981

[tehachapifan]

Pictures in the N Scale Convention thread.  I think alot of us are going to be in trouble....

https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=36020.msg431981#msg431981

Agreed on a lot of us being in trouble. Those look amazing!

And, do I see a tractor painted up in a brown not unlike the brown of a common parcel carrier in there too?

This is all so awesome! Not just the trucks, but how TWX went about this whole thing with the surprise release. Nice departure from the norm of announcements months ahead of any releases. Nice shot in the arm!

[jagged ben]

There are some on eBay now for $75.   

[peteski]

Pictures just dont do these trucks justice. Picked up all but BJ and the Bear, and all I can say is WOW. I was thinking about how to "wire" these up for lights using fiber optics, I think I'll wait for later releases, these are just "too" good to mess up.

The S.

Good luck!  I was planning the same thing but with transparent bodies painted with probably somewhat translucent paints, preventing light leaks through the body will be a real challenge.

[pilpro]

Agreed on a lot of us being in trouble. Those look amazing!

And, do I see a tractor painted up in a brown not unlike the brown of a common parcel carrier in there too?

This is all so awesome! Not just the trucks, but how TWX went about this whole thing with the surprise release. Nice departure from the norm of announcements months ahead of any releases. Nice shot in the arm!

Pat showed me the UPS day tractor at the show.  Wow!  Finally someone stepped up in filling the tract/trailer void in N.

Paul Z.

[nkalanaga]

I'll need a bunch of those Peterbilt log trucks.  And, since the log-hauling parts are more-or-less standard, hopefully they will be available on the Kenworths as well.

For those who may not have much interest in prototype trucks, Kenworth and Peterbilt are both built by Paccar, which used to Pacific Car and Foundry, the same folks who built the PC&F boxcars that are becoming increasingly common in N scale.

[cfritschle]

Carter,

You may want to double check that.  It has always been my understanding that the 280 and 350 were bubble nose hybrid COEs, and the 281and 351 were the conventional needle nose versions of the same trucks (as pictured in Trainworx's brochure).  Check out 1950 in the Peterbilt timeline to see the company id'ing the 350 as a bubblenose - http://www.peterbilt.com/resources/75th_Timeline.pdf - and the 280 was a duplicate of the 350 body style.  Personally, I'd love to see the COE.

Bryan,

If you follow this link and click on 1949 (the second radio button from the left) you will see the "other" old Peterbilt Trainworx is making.  http://www.peterbilt.com/about/history/

Pat called it a 280/350, so I just went with what he said it was.  (I see that the same truck shows up in your link under 1940s.)

As soon as Railimages comes back online, I will try to post some "up close" and near table level photos of the individual trucks.

Carter

[cfritschle]

Wow.  If that 53' reefer trailer does not become available separately, then there is no justice in this world.

Gary,

Pat showed me the art work for a number of paint schemes for the 53-foot trailers, both reefers and dry vans.  They will have matching tractors, but the tractors and trailers will be sold separately. 

Note:  The next release (the Peterbilt 379 with a cattle trailer) will be tractor/trailer sets, but Pat recognizes that there are a lot of intermodal cars out there that just need the trailers.  I am sure the same will be true for the 28-foot pup trailers.

Carter

[cfritschle]

I'll need a bunch of those Peterbilt log trucks.  And, since the log-hauling parts are more-or-less standard, hopefully they will be available on the Kenworths as well.

For those who may not have much interest in prototype trucks, Kenworth and Peterbilt are both built by Paccar, which used to Pacific Car and Foundry, the same folks who built the PC&F boxcars that are becoming increasingly common in N scale.

As mentioned in the Sacramento convention thread, all the conventional cabs should eventually be available as logging trucks.

Carter

[cfritschle]

I forgot to mention that the dump beds are hinged, so the trucks actually dump. 

Carter

[JoeD]

Got a chance to see these in person at the N Scale Show in Sacto this weekend.  Lordy....

Joe

[flight2000]

That didn't take long.  No way I'm paying that much, but good for the seller, he's hooked two so far....   

http://www.ebay.com/itm/N-Scale-Trainworx-Optimus-Prime-Peterbilt-379-Tractor-53-Reefer-Trailer-Rig-/201378725680?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ee31b7f30

Brian