One of the current projects that I’m working on is to add a TOFC ramp in Aberdeen. The prototype didn’t have one here, but there is precedent for a Seaboard TOFC ramp made from an old flatcar. From the recent issue of Lines South (the ACL & SAL HS’s quarterly magazine):
So, I bought an Athearn flatcar decorated for the Seaboard and removed one coupler and truck. That end, like the prototype, is supported by ties. I’ve cobbled up the guardrails out of styrene, and a Details West bridge plate should arrive in the mail tomorrow. I just tucked this siding into some dead space I had between the aisle and the existing tracks, and I built up the approach for the trucks, which needs one final coat of unsanded grout for the dirt road. I only hoped for two flatcars in the siding, but it’ll hold three 50’ flats or two 89’ flatcars.
Once I get that bridge plate, then it’ll be time for the paint shop and weathering. Another reason to get that bridge plate installed is because it’s really difficult to keep those Duke Boys away.
DFF
