Rapido 138199 - HO F30A 50' Flat Car w/Camp Van: Painted, Unlettered: Single Car - Includes Sleeper trailer

Rapido 138199 - HO F30A 50' Flat Car w/Camp Van: Painted, Unlettered: Single Car  - Includes Sleeper trailer

Rapido Trains Inc. is excited to announce a new run of our popular HO scale F30 flat cars in MOW variations!

The Pennsylvania Railroad’s class F30A flat cars was one of their most prolific classes of flatcars with 1500 being built between 1933 and 1934. The cars were so successful that the PRR built another 250 nearly identical copies in 1951, classified as F30D.

The PRR utilized a massive one-piece steel casting for these F30 flat cars, and that sturdy construction meant that many of these cars lasted an incredibly long time. In fact, in the 1980s Conrail (and other railroads) mounted pre-fabricated “vans” on flatcars to house tack workers. Several common styles of van were built to serve the various needs of the work crews, including sleeping quarters of course! However, office and dining configurations were also common sights in most work trains. These “Camp Trains” were familiar sights on Conrail and still exist on Norfolk Southern.

Rapido’s camp cars are available in four different body styles: sleeper, diner, kitchen and office. In addition to vans mounted on F30A flatcars, we also offer each style van separately. They are perfect offices for yards, engine terminals, construction sites, and have all sorts of other applications! Separate vans are painted in appropriate colors but are unlettered.

Additionally, we will also have wheel transport flats, continuous welded rail cars and a return of the tie flats! Wheel cars usually travel in mixed manifests to transport wheels from shop to shop as needed. These unique cars feature new or used wheels, complete with bearing details. The Continuous Welded Rail (CWR) cars carry racks that house sticks of welded rail. These cars generally travel in sets of 12 or 24 cars and often shut down mainlines for hours at a time while they drop off rail!

The Rapido HO Scale F30A and F30D MOW Flat Car Features:

Die-cast chassis and deck for optimum weight

Correct trucks (PRR 2E-F10, roller-bearing converted or full roller-bearing trucks)

Turned metal wheels

Rapido’s semi-scale couplers

Full brake rigging

Detailed wheel, concrete tie or rail racks per appropriate car

Separate grab irons

Semi-scale metal knuckle couplers

Free-rolling trucks with profiled metal wheelsets

Available as single car or six-packs unless noted

Suggested minimum radius: 18”