ScaleTrains BSC Finger Rack Flatcar Virginian & Ohio V&O #4768 - HFF014001 : HO

HomeShops/ScaleTrains BSC Finger Rack Flatcar Virginian & Ohio V&O #4768

A Limited Edition HO-Scale ScaleTrains BSC Finger Rack Flatcar painted for freelance model railroad Virginian & Ohio!

Allen McClelland's legendary Virginian and Ohio is a favorite among the freelance model railroad community, and it is a Home Shops specialty! This purpose built freight car is perfect for the Appalachian region. With the abundance of steel mills in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, & Pennsylvania these V&O finger rack flatcars can be seen on a variety of freelance manifest trains traversing the country. The famed V&O lives on with yet another offering of a unique car from HomeShops!

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About the Prototype: 

Introduced in 1969, the Bethlehem Steel Co. (BSC) F68-series of 100-ton, 68-foot long (over end sills) flats represented a new generation of high-capacity flats. Extremely versatile, the basic design could be equipped from the factory with various appliances to handle different loadings. At the end of 1969, BSC introduced the “F68BH” class of cars for trailer trains. The Rivet Counter™ HO Scale model is accurately rendered from builder drawings and photos, featuring road number-specific details like steel decks, transverse deck risers, MacLean-Fogg transverse tie-down apparatus, distinctive upright “finger racks” near each end, a complete underbody brake system with over 18 separately applied parts including the air reservoir, control valve, reduction relay valve and retainer valve, plus wire form plumbing and trainline piping.

The ScaleTrains BSC Finger Rack Flatcar features:

    Fully-assembled
    Multiple road numbers
    Factory-applied finger rack details
    MacLean-Fogg tie-down details on decks
    Decks with transverse risers
    Early H-shaped jacking pads
    Vertical handbrake staff and housing with finely detailed wheel
    36” machined metal wheels
    Complete underbody brake system including air reservoir, control valve, reduction relay valve, and retainer valve plus wireform plumbing and trainline pipe
    Durable die-cast metal semi-scale long-shank Type E couplers
    Highly-detailed 100-ton trucks with hydraulic snubber and bracket details, rotating Timken three-sided bearing caps, separate truck-mounted brake beams, and side bearing detail