Model Railroading > Tropicana Reefers

Anyone make a modern version (2005 or newer) of the Tropicana cars CSX runs out of Florida in HO? Also, what about the Burlington Northern Santa Fe reefers like the one below. I think these are the high-cube 60 footers. Thanks for any answers.

SantaFeRuss

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Russ - No, there are no models available of the Tropicana reefers (built by Millennium Rail) or the BNSF cars. It _might_ be possible to kitbash one up the coming ExactRail or BLMA AMRN (UP) reefers into a stand-in model, but it would probably take a lot of work. The UP and BNSF cars are a couple feet taller than the Tropicana cars.

EDIT: Here's a good photo from the RR Picture Archives showing a Tropicana car coupled to an ARMN (UP) car that really illustrates the height difference:

TPIX 3365:
http://rr.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1048309

You might have to cut and paste the link to your browser. I believe the Tropicana cars are 2 feet lower than the ARMN cars.

Dave



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/11/11 19:11 by drolsen.

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