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Build a Soo Line Flatcar and a Transformer Load

Magazine:

Model Railroader 1980-10

Page:

86

Author:

Rick Johnson

Category:

Freight Cars - Flat Cars

Scale:

HO

Using two 40-foot Athearn flat cars, the author kitbashed this 54-foot flat car, including adding many details. The second half of the article covers how he built the transformer loads. Also includes prototype photos and scaled drawings of a Soo Line depressed-center flat car with transformer loads.