HO Scale: Rivet Counter - Thrall/Trinity 42' Steel Coil Car - CSX 'Boxcar Logo'
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ScaleTrains HO Scale: Rivet Counter - Thrall/Trinity 42' Steel Coil Car - CSX 'Boxcar Logo'
Introduced in the mid-1990s, Thrall’s updated 42’ coil car design featured a single hood and longitudinal loading trough with load dividers. Designed to handle wrapped “cold rolled” steel coils, these cars are equipped with insulated hoods to help protect the delicate finished steel from the elements.
Road Number Specific ScaleTrains:
- Era: early 2012 to present
- Series 493000-493524, built 3-7/2012
- Late body type: built by Trinity: Trinity builder logos, heavy vertical stiffener on the top of the draft gear, and end handrails attached to the car ends
- Early version 2 hood: end handrails, round top lifting bail, inside guide stacking brackets, and single reinforcement hood braces
- Hoods are constructed with up to 47 individual parts including 32 photo etched handrail stanchions, six wireform handrails, four wireform grab irons, two hood stacking brackets, two hood top braces, and lifting bail
- Five (5) wrapped coil steel weight loads: two (2) small, two (2) medium, and one (1) large
- Separate positionable coil steel load dividers
- Simulated wood interior floor using hand applied wash
- Body has four wireform side grab irons
- Factory-applied hood guides; brake wheel, stand, and chain; coupler cut levers; and trainline hoses
- See-through photo-etched metal wrap-around walkway
- Photo-etched stainless steel see-through coupler crossover platforms
- Durable die-cast metal semi-scale lower shelf Type E couplers
- Complete underbody brake system with over 20 separately applied parts including air reservoir, control valve, retainer valve, and wireform plumbing
- ASF Family of Trucks (FOT) 100-ton truck with finely rendered raised foundry data and rotating blue bearing caps
- 36” machined metal wheels with accurately profiled .110″ wide wheel tread
- Operates on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
- Weighted to Industry standards for reliable operation
- Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
- Packaging safely stores model
- Recommended radius 18”
All Rivet Counter Freight Cars Feature:
- Fully-assembled
- Factory-applied metal grab irons, coupler cut levers, and trainline hoses
- Intricate brake plumbing
- Photo-etched stainless steel see-through end crossover platforms
- Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
- Color matched to existing Tru-Color Paint colors whenever possible
- Accurately profiled .110″ wide wheel tread
- Weighted to Industry standards for reliable operation
- Operates on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
- Packaging safely stores model
