Scale Trains SXT38979 N Scale - Rivet Counter BSC F68BH Finger Rack Flatcar Trailer Train/Oxide Red TTJX #80507

For nearly five decades, the Bethlehem Steel Co. (BSC) F68-series of flatcars has served Trailer Train Co., crisscrossing the U.S., Canada, and Mexico hauling a staggering variety of loads. Introduced in 1969, the F68-series of 100-ton, 68’ foot long (over end sills) flats represented a new generation of high capacity flats. Extremely versatile, the basic design could be equipped from the factory with a variety of appliances… end bulkheads, “finger racks”, and wood or steel plain decks… to handle different loadings on Trailer Train’s member railroads.

In 2007, TTX would revise their branding yet again, introducing a new maroon and black stylized “TTX” logo, as a nod to the Pennsylvania Railroad, from which TTX traces its origins. As with previous logo changes, the new logo is being applied to cars as they visit major TTX shops for repairs or repainting, with previous branding and/or logos “patched” over, with the new logo applied.

While many examples have been noted in service in recent years, including some re-badged with the latest TTX Corp. PRR Heritage logo, the sun is beginning to set on this venerable class of cars, with mandatory 50-year-old retirements looming for the oldest cars of the series. While the oldest examples may be disappearing soon, with over 1,100 built over several years, there may be one more chapter yet to be written in the F68AH bulkhead flatcar story.