Atlas HO 20007743 - Trainman - 85' Trash Flat Car w/MSW Containters "APEX" #100568

• Flat Car Road Name/Number: APEX; 100568
• Container Road Name/Number: LWT; 150060, 150607, 150990, 151310
  
• Product Line: Trainman
• Scale: HO Scale
• Catalog: Atlas Winter 2025 Catalog

Features:

• Open deck design
• Container pedestals
• True scale dimensions with accurate details
• Weighted, detailed underframes
• 100-ton trucks equipped with free-rolling wheels
• Accurate painting and printing

AccuMate® couplers are made under license from AccuRail, Inc.

Overview:

An 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.