HO Scale: Thrall 63' "Opera Window" Center-Beam Flat Car - BNSF

EP-81104-6 - Thrall 63' Centerbeam Flat Car : BNSF : 559076 EP-81104-5 - Thrall 63' Centerbeam Flat Car : BNSF : 559050 EP-81104-4 - Thrall 63' Centerbeam Flat Car : BNSF : 559041 EP-81104-3 - Thrall 63' Centerbeam Flat Car : BNSF : 559036 EP-81104-2 - Thrall 63' Centerbeam Flat Car : BNSF : 559033 EP-81104-1 - Thrall 63' Centerbeam Flat Car : BNSF : 559018 This Product sold out on the original ExactRail.com Through the input and participation of the Union Pacific and Burlington Northern railroads, Thrall developed a new style of bulkhead flat car called the "Center-Beam." The intention of the design was to prevent hapless fork-lift drivers from dumping lading while loading and unloading the car. Introduced in 1977, the innovation has proved successful, and it became colloquially known as the "Opera Window" due to the large cut-outs along the center parition. The Thrall 63' "Opera Window" Center-Beam are still common to the rails, and they are as one of the most distinctive prototypes