Bachmann HO 18939 52' Wheel Flat Car with Wheel Load, Pennsylvania Railroad #491311

With the friction created from steel riding on steel, wheels on locomotives and rolling stock periodically need to be replaced for safety and smooth performance. When being delivered by rail, new wheels are typically transported on flatcars that have been built or modified for this specific purpose. The Bachmann 52' Wheel Flatcar represents examples of this car found from the 1950s through the early-2000s, the prototypes of which were modified from earlier general-use flatcars. Features of the model include a newly tooled wheel transport rack and load of separate wheelsets, all finished in an authentic oxide brown.

FEATURES:
New and existing tooling
Highly detailed painted bodies with precision graphics
Removable plastic wheel load
Magnetically operated E-Z Mate Mark II couplers
Blackened machined metal running wheels with RP25 contours