MODEL FEATURES:

• New paint schemes
• Detailed tires & painted rims
• Fully assembled
• Window packaging for easy viewing
• Interior plastic blister safely holds the model for convenient storage

PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:

Trailer On Flat Car (TOFC) has been in service since the 1940s when it was originally developed to load truck trailers onto flat cars to streamline service and minimize transfering cargo from boxcars to trailers. In the early 1980s, after the railroads were deregulated, TOFC service exploded in North America. The railroad’s ability to adjust haul rates to be competative with trucking meant new revenue in areas that the railroads weren’t able to successfully compete before.