PENNSYRR.COM by Jerry Britton

TTX Conventional Flatcars

Timeline:

  • 1953: First experimental Clejan cars enter service on New Haven.
  • 1955: Pennsylvania receives first 75-foot cars.
  • 1956: ACF introduces the Model A triler hitch.
  • 1956: New Haven receives 80-foot Clejan flatcars.
  • 1958: Trailer Train receives first 85-foot flatcars.
  • 1964: Trailer Train receives first 89-foot flatcars.
  • 1968: First ACF flush-deck all-purpose flatcars enter service.
  • 1987: TTX converts first Long Runner flatcars for service.

 

TTX Flatcar Fleet
Model Reporting Mark TTX Class Qty Builder Notes Years Active HO Scale Model
Flatcars
50-foot Flatcars:
  TTX  F30D  86 PRR Ex-PRR leased to TTX. 1956-1991  Rapido
75-foot Flatcars:
  TTX

F39

 200 BSC Ex-PRR leased from Van-Car Corp. 1955-1989  
  TTX F39A 250 PRR Ex-PRR. 1955-1989  
  TTX F39B 50 PRR Ex-PRR. 1955-1989  
  TTX F39B 20 PRR Ex-WAB. 1955-1989   
  TTX F39B 10 CB&Q Ex-CB&Q. 1955-1989  
  TTX F39C 300 PRR First cars built new for TTX and first TTX cars built with ACF Model A trailer hitches. 1957-1989 Walthers
85-foot Flatcars:
    F85A 3,498 ACF   1958-  
    50 ACF Ex-C&O acquired April 1963. 1959-  
    127 ACF Ex-Merchants Despatch acquired December 1966. 1960-  
    38 ACF Ex-Merchants Despatch acquired December 1969. 1960-  
    F85B 3,271 P-S      Athearn    
    50 P-S Ex-C&O acquired April 1963. 1959-
    10 P-S Ex-WM acquired October 1963. 1963-
    20 P-S Ex-FEC acquired May 1964. 1959-
    308 P-S Ex-Pullman Transport Leasing acquired August 1967. 1962-
    F85C 2,288 BSC    1963-  
    99 BSC Ex-EL acquired April 1964. 1961-  
    F85D 251 ACF   1963-  
    F85E 151 P-S   1964-  
    35 P-S Ex-Pullman Transport Leasing acquired August 1967. 1963-  
    F85F 219 BSC Wabcopac truck-mountd brake cyliners. 1964-  
    171 BSC   1964-  
   GTTX G85 614 GAC Leased to Railway Express Agency and equipped with steam lines for use in passenger trains. Least effective 11/15/62 for ten years. 1961- Walthers
    99 GAC Ex-EL acquired April 1964. 1961-  
    25 GAC Ex-UP acquired April 1965. 1961-  
    10 GAC Ex.WM acquired 1963. 1960-  
    G85A 1,599 GAC   1963-  
87-foot Flatcars:
    F87 123 P-S Low-Level, Raised-Side-Sill with standard draft gear. 1960  
89-foot Flatcars:
    F89 434 ACF Low-Level, Raised-Side-Sill with standard draft gear. 1961-  
    F89A 1,470 P-S Low-Level, Raised-Side-Sill with standard draft gear. 1961-  
    14 P-S Ex-WM acquirred October 1963. 1961-  
    F89B 352 ACF Low-Level, Raised-Side-Sill with standard draft gear. 1962-  
    F89C 480 P-S Low-Level, Raised-Side-Sill with standard draft gear. 1963-  
    F89D 299 ACF Low-Level, Raised-Side-Sill with standard draft gear. 1963-  
  TTX
BTTX
RTTX		 F89E 2,647 P-S Raised-side-sill with standard draft gear. 1963-  
  TTX
BTTX
JTTX
RTTX
XTTX		 F89F 5,582 BSC Raised-side-sill with standard draft gear. 1963- Athearn
Walthers
  TTX F89G 910 ACF Raised-side-sill with standard draft gear. 1964-  
  TTX F89J 1,727 ACF Raised-side-sill with standard draft gear. 1966- Atlas
BLMA Models
  TTAX F89KH 1 ACF All-Purpose, Standard-Level, Flush Deck. 1967-  
    F89M 381 P-S Low-Level, Raised-Side-Sill with standard draft gear. Built as class F87. 1960-  
  TTX F89V 200 P-S Raised-side-sill with standard draft gear. 1968-  
  TTX F89X 150 BSC Raised-side-sill with standard draft gear. 1968-  
  BTTX
ITTX
RTTX
TTDX 		 F89EH 299 P-S Raised-side with EOCC units. 1963-  
  TTX
BTTX
ITTX
JTTX
RTTX
TTDX		 F89FH 3,790 BSC Raised-side with EOCC units. 1963-  
  TTX
BTTX
ITTX
JTTX
RTTX
TTDX 		 F89GH 810 ACF Raised-side with EOCC units. 1963-  
  TTX F89L 1 BSC All-Purpose, Standard-Level, Flush Deck. 1967-  
  TTX F89N 1 P-S All-Purpose, Standard-Level, Flush Deck. 1967-  
  FTTX F89RH 99 ACF   1967-  Walthers
  FTTX F89SH 11 ACF   1967-  
  TTX F89V          
  ITTX
TTBX
TTDX
TTRX 		 F89XH 626 BSC Raised-side with EOCC units. 1967-  
    G89  100   GAC 36 were equipped with four hitches for XTTX service. 1965-  
  GTTX  G89A 1 GAC  All-Purpose, Standard-Level, Flush Deck. 1967-  
  TTX ASF10 1,576 ACF  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1968-  
  FTTX ASF10F 70 ACF  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1972-  
  TTBX ASH10 69 ACF  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1971-  
  TTAX ASH10A 1,184 ACF  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1968-  
  TTCX ASH10C 120 ACF  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1979-  
  TTAX ASH20A 512 ACF  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1973-  
  TTAX ASH22 300 ACF  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1979-  
  TTAX ASH80A 100 ACF  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1979-  
  TTAX ASH90A   ACF  Converted from ASF10. 1968-  
  TTX
FTTX
XTTX		 BSF11
BSF11X
BSF11F		 2,906  BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1968-  
  TTX BSF11   BSC  Former units of TTEX abd RTTX multi-unit carriers. Various  
  TTX
FTTX 		 BSF12
BSF12F 		 1,574  BSC   Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1973-  
  TTX  BSF20  475  BSC   Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1974-  
  TT_X BSH10 54 BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1968-  
  TTDX BSH10D 8 BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1968-  
  FTTX BSH10F 213 BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1968-  
  ITTX BSH10I 92 BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1968-  
  TT_X BSH11 2,537 BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1968-  
  TTDX BSH11D 18 BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1969-  
  FTTX BSH11F 570 BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1968-  
  ITTX BSH11I 379 BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1968-  
  TT_X BSH12 462 BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1973-  
  TTAX BSH12A 290 BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1972-  
  TTCX BSH12C 80 BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1973-  
  FTTX BSH12F 13 BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1973-  
  ITTX BSH12I 83 BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1973-  
  TT_X BSH13 130 BSC Standard-Level, Flush Deck Purchased from SP. 1979-  
  TT_X BSH14 103 BSC Standard-Level, Flush Deck Purchased from UP. 1979-  
  TT_X BSH15 101 BSC Standard-Level, Flush Deck Purchased from Greenbrier. 1979-  
  TT_X BSH20 22 BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1973-  
  TTAX BSH20A 710 BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1973-  
  TTCX BSH20C 200 BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1973-  
  FTTX BSH20F 78 BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1973-  
  TT_X BSH21 249 BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1975-  
  TT_X BSH21A 215 BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1977-  
  TT_X BSH21B 165 BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1977-  
  TTAX BSH22 290 BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1974-  
  TTAX BSH22A 3,585 BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1977-  
  TTAX BSH22B 25 BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1977-  
  TTAX BSH22C 1,580 BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1979-  
  TT_X BSMH11   BSC  Standard-Level, Flush Deck Converted from BSF11. 1968-  
   TTX
FTTX		 PSF10
PSF10F 		  850 P-S  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1969-  
  FTTX  PSF11F  34  P-S   Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1973-  
  TTX  PSF20  2,350  P-S   Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1973-  
  TT_X PSH10 443 P-S  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1970-  
  TTAX PSH10A 976 P-S  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1968-  
  TTCX PSH10C 315 P-S  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1968-  
  FTTX PSH10F 226 P-S  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1970-  
  ITTX PSH10I 1 P-S  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1970-  
  TT_X  PSH11 655 P-S  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1968-  
  TTAX PSH11A 150 P-S  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1973-  
  FTTX PSH11F 19 P-S  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1973-  
  TT_X  PSH20 795 P-S  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1973-  
  TTAX PSH20A 675 P-S  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1973-  
  FTTX PSH20F 51 P-S  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1974-  
  TT_X PSH21 660 P-S  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1977-  
  TTAX PSH22 7,352 P-S  Standard-Level, Flush Deck 1975-  
  TT_X PSH23 8 P-S  Standard-Level, Flush Deck. Purchased from GTW. 1973-  
  TTAX  PSH90A   P-S  Standard-Level, Flush Deck. Converted from 300 PSF20. 1973-  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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