Athearn 17230 – 60′ Bulkhead Flat Car Oregon, Pacific, and Eastern (OPE) 16001 – HO Scale

Description

MODEL FEATURES:

• Separately applied end details and brake wheel
• 33” machined metal wheels with RP25 contours
• Body-mounted McHenry® operating scale knuckle couplers
• Weighted for optimum performance
• Fully-assembled and ready to run
• Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
• Painted and printed for realistic decoration
• Minimum radius: 18”

PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:

Specialized load handling equipment has long been used to secure loads in railroad freight service. One of the most common forms used on flatcars is the addition of bulkheads to the ends of the car. Bulkhead ends not only make it easy to load pulpwood, but also keep regular items like lumber, building materials and pipe loads from shifting in transit.