PC: Re: Trailer Reporting marks & Flexi-Van

["Terry Link" <trlink@xxxxxxxx>]

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From: Garrett Rea <Garrett.Rea -AT- worldnet.att.net>

> Flexi-vans, someone on this list told me that a brass Flexi-Van was made a
> while back, who was the importer?

Overland - flat only - no containers.

> Has anyone tried to scratchbuild one of
> these cars?  There was a Quality Craft kit as well, but I have been told
> that it is not that good, and it seems to be unobtainable.
Have one - very crude wood kit.  Believe it was the later Mark IV version.
Would hope that Walthers might consider doing the Flexi-Van system with the
flats, containers and bogies since Milwaukee Road was a very large user of
Flexi-van.

>How many other
> roads had these, I know CB&Q, NYC and IC, but I am sure there were others.

Based on equipment registers the following roads/companies owned or leased
flexi-van compatible containers at one time or another.  There are some
private trucking companies that may also have leased or owned containers at
one time or another.  Also - there were 20' containers that when 2 were
bolted together could be loaded onto a flexi-van flat.

NYC
MILWAUKEE ROAD (2nd largest user of flexi-van)
SANTA FE
L&N
AHNAPEE & WESTERN
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA
WESTERN PACIFIC
SOO LINE
XTRA
TORCO
MISSOURI
SEABOARD AIR LINE  ?
SSW  ?
BURLINGTON   ?
INTERSTATE EXPRESS
LITTLE AUDREY

The following owned/leased the flat cars:

MDT:
NYC
P&LE
SOUTHERN
BURLINGTON
MILWAUKEE ROAD
WESTERN PACIFIC
AHNAPEE & WESTERN
FRUEHAUF
RENTCO
CUSTOM TRUCK RENTAL
DEPT OF DEFENSE
INTERSTATE EXPRESS
SEABOARD AIR LINE  ?

Roads marked with a ? are believed to have used them, but I haven't found a
roster listing for them.

Terry Link
Bramalea, Ontario
trlink -AT- home.com