Estimated Arrival: August 2026
Product Information:
NTTX BSF50A COFC Spine Car - 5 Unit - TTX Logo
Class One Model Works is offering this model of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation series of NTTX cars in the 67000-67199 series. These cars represent the BSC design of fishbelly sills on the A, B and D units and straight beams on the C and E units. These cars are packed with an incredible amount of detail and are engineered to recreate these cars in HO scale in exacting detail, right down to the channel structure of the blow-out racks, all of the anti-pilferage devices, and all of the intricate braking system with air piping and mechanical hand brake and levers. The main bodies of each unit are cast from metal to provide excellent weight and tracking, along with metal wheelsets. The anti-pilferage devices are molded in the down position, as are the A, B and D unit middle guide blocks, and do not operate due to the fragile nature of the parts.
The cars will come with interchangeable inserts for the container bolster arms. The cars are designed to fit most every container manufacturer’s pin set-up. They will be delivered with the set that has mounting holes for container bottom pins, but they will have supplied, in the box, a bagged set of corresponding inserts that have the container lock detail if the car is going to be run empty for any of the units. The inserts are set up for left and right mounting, and for car end (A and B Units) and intermediate container bolsters. The cars are equipped with a cup and pin connection system that mimics the look of the actual car connectors, provides positive unit coupling, and allows for ease of connection.
The cars will be offered in 14 different paint combinations to provide decoration choices for the range of dates that the modeler is considering. There are as-delivered versions for all five styles, BSF50, BSF50A, BSF50B, BSF50C and BSF50D, as well as offerings in aged paint ready for weathering. There will also be available cars in the 67090-67169 series (BSF50C and BSF50D) that were originally delivered with Santa Fe circle-cross stickers for ATSF service. After the ICC ruled that TTX could not designate “pool cars” to a single railroad, the stickers were either removed or painted out. There will be cars offered in aged paint denoting the paint-outs for the ATSF stickers and for the change from TrailerTrain logos to TTX logos. The ATSF sticker paint-outs will be provided as circle paint-outs (or removals) and square paint-outs per the prototype car. Multiple car numbers will be available for nearly every style/color variation.
These cars represent a prototype that was a common sight on intermodal trains during the late 80s, 90s, and early 2000s and will be a welcome addition to intermodal modelers of that era. Classonemodelworks.com will also be offering a variety of 20’ and 40’ CIMC corrugated sea containers with paint schemes common to that era and some other more modern schemes from which to choose. These containers will be offered separately, in conjunction with the NTTX release.