Norfolk southern radio reciever car new toy

[dragonriversteel]

Hello all,

Along from modeling steel . I have a love affair with Norfolk Southern & Southern railroads. My wife & I recently went to bullstreet station hobby shop in Savannah,GA.

Looking through the kits I came across a wrighttrac models HO southern radio reciever car. I've been wanting this kit for as long as its been out {about five years }. Cost a pretty penny $49.00 for the resin kit. My wife bought it for me {I'm to cheap}.

Being not able to see very well,it was still a breeze to put together. If you model Southern or NS this is a have to have kit.Below a pictures of the loco-trol car.Along with an Atlas 8-40-C and SD80MAC.

Patrick
Beaufort,SC
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[UP2CSX]

Patrick, you must still be pretty good to put together a resin kit. Nice looking car. I've seen those in trains before and always wondered if they were locotrol cars.

 

[DakotaLove39]

What exactly is the purpose of those cars? I've never been able to find out.

 

[NYSW F45]

im wondering myself what this car serves? are they hard to come by as a model?

 

[dragonriversteel]

What exactly is the purpose of those cars? I've never been able to find out.

These cars were designed & built by southern shops. There purpose was to increase the radio signal to locomotives futher back pushing from behind. Mid-train helpers on long coal drags,recieved the signal from the first locomotive.It was then repeated to the mid-train locomotives.

Patrick
Beaufort,SC
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[dragonriversteel]

im wondering myself what this car serves? are they hard to come by as a model?

Hello Steve,


The cars use to be out in brass,but who could afford them.Wright-trak models has this and other hard to find cars cast in resin. All the cars listed are HO.

http://www.wrighttrak.com/

Patrick
Beaufort,sC
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[UP2CSX]

NS is now using these radio control cars for distributed power in long unit coal trains. In addition to repeating the radio signal to mid-train helpers for locomotive control, it also sends signals to operate pneumatic braking systems that control slack action when the train is on a grade. It's a pretty cool system.