I recently acquired 3 Model # 1494 Athearn Autoloaders with cars,and wish to know what year they may have been introduced please. I am trying to get vehicles to match the last of steam to diesel era,or about 1950,s/60.s. The vehicles on the Athearn models are more modern . Appreciate any advice thanks.
Owen Robinson
Gidday, while it has a different part number I see on the Athearn site the era is 1950/1960.
http://www.athearn.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=ATH74411
there is some more prototype information here.....
http://tycotrain.tripod.com/freightcars/id41.html
and some more......
http://www.trainweb.org/seaboard/nycautorack.htm
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Gidday to you this morning, Thanks for that really fasr answer,my Autoloaders are older ones,but your very informarive links are spot on.
cheers Sunshine Express
So, NYC didn't care for it. Did they prefer the boxcar method, or did something better come along? How far into the future were autoracks?
Dave
Just be glad you don't have to press "2" for English.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hqFS1GZL4s
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