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If anyone has added these to any of their rolling stock, I would love to see pictures and hear how assembly went. Incidentally, there is now a 3rd style hitch for 57' spine cars ready and waiting for a certain HO scale manufacturer and a certain N scale manufacturer to release their RTR 57'...

Minor correction. The Athearn car <i>is</i> a 3 unit 57' spine car, not a 53' spine car. AFAIK, there are no real (3 unit) 53' spine cars out there, just 5 unit ones unless there's some recent rebuilding going on where platforms are being reduced to 3 per car. The 57' spine cars are the only...

I believe you are referring to a gantry crane to unload container ships, which Walthers does not produce. AFAIK, the only available cranes of this type in N scale are available from Searails ( http://www.searails.com ). I believe these cranes are made from resin and have some etched brass parts...

Thanks for the feedback, guys!:) Nate, I'll email you some information through the email address listed on your website. Thanks! Russ

According to http://www.hosam.com/aar/tofc.html , a collapsible hitch was developed by ACF for TOFC service in 1956. Not positive that this was the first, however. Russ

Thanks for the comments on the etched metal hitch kits, guys!;) As far a pricing goes, I tried to keep the cost down as much as possible. One thing to remember that I'm not sure everyone realizes is that, once assembled, these hitches will really raise and collapse and they will lock...