Description
xAn 85' trash flat car can carry multiple 20-foot MSW (municipal solid waste) containers, which typically have dimensions of 20' (length) x 12' (height) x 8'6" (width). The 85-foot flat car itself is approximately 85' 10 ¼" long over strikers and 90' 4 ½" long over pulling faces, with an extreme width of 9' 8 ¼".
Flat car dimensions
- Length: 85' 10 ¼" (over strikers), 90' 4 ½" (over pulling faces)
- Width: 9' 8 ¼" (extreme width), 9' 0 ½" (width over side sills)
- Height: 15' 11" (from rail to top of an empty 12" container)
- Car type: Open deck, heavy-duty flatcar designed to handle heavy loads
Container dimensions
- Length: 20'
- Height: 12'
- Width: 8'6"
Features
xAn increased use of shipping containers during the 1970s led to new designs of railway cars for carrying them. The standard cars used at the time were full plate-deck 85’ and 89’ flat cars with 70-ton trucks. However, each 20-foot international shipping container of the era could gross some 25 tons – thus a flat car carrying four at maximum gross would be 100 tons. In an effort to address this weight issue, new flat cars with open decks and 100 ton trucks were placed in service and eventually used for a new railroad commodity – trash containers.
Features:
• Open deck design
• True scale dimensions with accurate details
• Weighted, detailed underframes
• 100-ton trucks equipped with free-rolling metal wheels
• Accurate painting and printing
Features:
• Open deck design
• True scale dimensions with accurate details
• Weighted, detailed underframes
• 100-ton trucks equipped with free-rolling metal wheels
• Accurate painting and printing
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