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Athearn Ready To Roll UP F89F Freight Car Unknown

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Model Information

N
Athearn
Ready To Roll
Freight Car
Flatcar
F89F
Athearn
ATH14696
Union Pacific (UP)
Unknown
UP
-
Etched metal roofwalks
Factory installed wire roofwalk grab irons
Flush-roof version
Fully assembled
McHenry knuckle spring couplers
Prototype specific details
Weighted

Prototype Details

ALCO
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-
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Contemporary (2005 - Present)
Second Generation Diesel (1960 - 1980)
1960s
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Availability

May 2018
May 2019
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Model Information

N
Athearn
Ready To Roll
Freight Car
Flatcar
F89F
Athearn
ATH14696
Union Pacific (UP)
Unknown
UP
-
Etched metal roofwalks
Factory installed wire roofwalk grab irons
Flush-roof version
Fully assembled
McHenry knuckle spring couplers
Prototype specific details
Weighted

Model Information

N
Athearn
Ready To Roll
Freight Car
Flatcar
F89F
Athearn
ATH14696
Union Pacific (UP)
Unknown
UP
-
Etched metal roofwalks
Factory installed wire roofwalk grab irons
Flush-roof version
Fully assembled
McHenry knuckle spring couplers
Prototype specific details
Weighted

Introduced in the early 1960s, the Trailer Train (now TTX Company) F89F flatcar has been a mainstay of contemporary railroading. A product of Bethlehem Steel Company's (BSC) Johnstown, PA plant, over 9,000 of these (89' 8" over the strikers) cars were built throughout the 1960s.

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