C&O Trainworx Trailer Flat

[Pathtimber]

I found some Trainworx 85 ft flatcars in C&O paint on special, and I was wondering if these were around still around during the mid 1970's. I believe they have a 1959 build date, not sure if they were sold off or repurposed before my era. I need to buy the C&O color guide, obviously no one I know has one!

Chris

[nkalanaga]

The only photo I found on the three online sites I checked was the 1959 builder's photo.  That could mean that people didn't take pictures of them, or that those pictures haven't been posted online, or that they're on sites I didn't check, but they don't seem to have been common in the 70s.

On  the other hand, the GN's 85 ft cars did last into the BN era, so C&O's very well could have.

[wcfn100]

The January 1969 ORER has no cars in the 814XX series listed.  There are 49 85' flat cars listed an the 81300-81399 series.

A couple places on-line say that these cars were renumbered into TTX series 479142-479191.

http://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=co81425&o=co
http://www.model160.com/n-scale-news-blog/intermodal-flat-cars-the-85-pioneers/

Jason

[Pathtimber]

Bummer that I can't use them, but thanks for all the info. Now knowing that they made it to my era however I wish I had bought the GN flats! I had passed on them and the Rock Island flats assuming they had been assimilated into the TTX fleet. I will just have to keep my eyes peeled.

Thanks again for your help!

Chris

[asarge]

The cars that were still showing on the ORER roster in '69 may have been converted to AP flats IIRC. Love the Trainworx flats, very reliable cars.