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