We know you’ve been waiting for our next Premium Instruction kit. Well, the wait is over, and to make up for the delay, we have not one, but two new Premium Instructions for you: the Thrall 61′-1″ Bulkhead Flatcar, and the Pacific Car & Foundry 50′ Insulated Boxcar. These cars are available for purchase now, and will begin shipping next week. Let’s take a closer look at our new models.
All of our previous freight cars have been steam to transition era prototypes. These two new cars are our first post steam models. Both cars were first introduced in the mid 1960’s, and continued being used by railroads all the way into the 2000’s, with some still in service on railroads today.
Thrall 61′-1″ Bulkhead Flatcar
Our model is based on the Thrall 61′-1″ Bulkhead Flatcar built beginning in1967 and continuing through the mid 1970’s. This car has seen a long service life with many still in use today. These car were typically used to carry lumber and other bulk items that did not need the protection of a boxcar, but still benefited from the bulkheads on each end to help secure the load.
Our instructions include both the and open center brace, and closed center brace version, as well as instruction to build a wrapped lumber load for the car.
You can purchase the Thrall Bulkhead Flatcar in our BMR Store through the link below.
Thrall 61′-1″ Bulkhead Premium Instructions
Pacific Car & Foundry 50′ Insulated Boxcar
Our model is based on the Pacific Car & Foundry 50′ Insulated Boxcar built beginning in1965 and continuing through the mid 1970’s This car has seen a long service life with many still in use today. The insulated boxcar was used for shipments that needed protection from extreme temperature changes such as canned goods, packaged foods, pet foods, and paper products.
Our instructions include options to build the car with double 8″ doors, 8′ + 6′ combination doors, single 10′ door, and ventilated and non ventilated configurations.
You can purchase the PCF Boxcar through our BMR Store via the link below.
Pacific Car & Foundry 50′ Insulated Boxcar
New AAR 6B Printed Roller Bearing Tiles
New for these BMR Premium Instruction Kits, we are including AAR 6B Roller Bearing tiles printed by Brick Print Studios. These tiles recreate the look of spinning roller bearings on the trucks the car. Eight tiles are included, enough to build one complete car, and more tile sets may be purchased separately.
You can purchase extra bearing tile sets in our store link below.
Decals Available for the Thrall Bulkhead Flatcar and PCF Boxcar
As usual, Brick Model Railroader has a full assortment of decals ready to go for each car. Decals are available separately. We also have four lumber company decals for use on the lumber load itself, with enough decals included to represent a full car load.
Decals Available for the Thrall 61′-1″ Bulkhead Flatcar
Southern Pacific and Cotton Belt
Canadian Forest Products Lumber Load
Decals Available for the Pacific Car & Foundry 50′ Insulated Boxcar
Evergreen Freight Car Corporation
Missouri Kansas & Texas “Katy”
Extra Wheelsets
If you want to build additional cars from you new instructions, don’t forget to pick up some extra ball bearing wheelsets.
And lastly thank you again for supporting Brick Model Railroader. We hope you will enjoy these new products and look forward to seeing the models you build. For those wanting to buy our older kits, we do not have restocks this round as we wanted to concentrate on these two new kits, but we will be restocking our older models again in the near future. Until then, thank you from all of us here at Brick Model Railroader.
Happy building.
Cale Leiphart & Glenn Holland