HO Scale Parts

Freight Loads

Last Updated November 3, 2008

Kit #206 Structural Flat Car Load MSRP $17.95

This new flat car load is usable for a variety of applications and is a real eye catcher either parked on a siding, traveling in a train or just sitting on its blocking in an industrial area. Its unique design allows the load to be anything you want it to be: part of an overhead crane, a section of movable bridge, part of the boom on a giant scoop shovel as used in pit-mining, or anything else your imagination makes of it. The load may be hauled by two 30’ cars, such as Funaro & Camerlengo’s Pennsylvania Railroad F22 flat car kits or Roundhouse’s “shorty” flats. It can also be loaded on two 40’ or 50’ flat cars with one or two idler cars. 60’ Flat cars, such as produced by Roundhouse/Athearn, can carry the load alone. The laser-cut kit utilizes our Peel & Stick technique for assembly and includes all of the parts needed to assemble the Structural Load, plus all the blocking, tie-down rods, and nut and washer detail. While considered HO scale in this application, it may also be used in S and O scales as a smaller load. Assembled load measures 7.75” long x 1” wide x 1.125” high.

Kit #207 Flat Car Load Bolsters MSRP $6.95

Based on a Pennsylvania Railroad prototype and as used on their F22 class heavy duty “Gun Flats”, this Load Bolster design not only supported heavy loads, but also had a central pivot point that would allow the bolsters to accommodate multi-car length loads as the train moved through curves and turnouts. There is much photographic documentation relative to the use of these cars and load bolsters. Originally created to carry 14” naval gun barrels from the Washington Navy Yard to Navy bases on the West Coast, the F22 flat cars became the heavy haulers of the day. The special load bolsters on board these flat cars carried other equipment too such as railroad turntables, large bridge beams, and other structural loads as represented by our kit #206. This new LASERKIT replicates these Pennsy bolsters faithfully and utilizes a unique method of construction. The parts are laser-cut to within .0025” and literally snap together. This allows the bulk of the bolster to be assembled without gluing. Once the primary parts are constructed, then glue is applied sparingly to the tabs and slots while the supplied adhesive backed cover plates are placed on the top and bottom of the bolster to conceal the tabs, slots, and glue. These Load Bolsters can be used to transport our kit #206 should the modeler desire to haul them on two 30 or 40 foot flats. Each kit contains enough parts to build one pair of bolsters.

Kit #208 Flanged Pipe Load and Blocking MSRP $12.95

Our latest flat car load includes styrene “pipe” and laser-cut parts to construct large diameter weld-neck flanges for the pipe ends along with wooden blocking, wire tie downs, metal plates and nuts and washers to fasten the load to the car’s deck. The 8.5” long pipe load may be used with two 30-foot or 40-foot flat cars or one 50-foot or 60-foot flat with idler cars. If using this kit with two flats, we recommend our Kit #207 Load Bolsters for load articulation.

Kit #209 Gondola Pipe Load MSRP $11.95

Our first gondola load includes styrene “pipe” and laser-cut parts to construct large diameter weld-neck flanges for the pipe ends along with wooden blocking to fasten the load to the car’s deck. The 6” long pipe load as packaged can be used with any HO scale 50-foot or longer gondola, but may be shortened by the modeler for smaller cars. Optionally, the blocking is also designed to allow the pipe load to be mounted to a flatcar deck as well

Kit #211 Big Steel Beam MSRP $15.95

This new laser-cut kit utilizes our Peel & Stick technique for assembly and includes all of the parts needed to assemble the scale 72’-6” long x 7’-0” tall I-beam load plus the blocking and tie down rods, as well as nut and washer details. Due to its size, the Big Steel Beam may be used with two 30-foot or 40-foot flat cars or one 50-foot or 60-foot flat with idler cars. If using this kit with two flats, we recommend our Kit #207 Load Bolsters for load articulation. The load is usable in other scales too. In S scale, the Big Steel Beam measures 53’-0” long x 5”-0” tall while for O scale it represents a 40’-0” long x 3”-10” tall load.

Kit No. 287 Crate Flat Car Load - MSRP...$12.95

Kit No. 288 Crankshaft Flat Car Load - MSRP...$12.95

Kit No. 289 Stacked Lumber Flat Car Load - MSRP...$12.95