DECALS, 50' TOFC FLAT CARS 60200 to 60224

These decals are for TOFC flat cars 60200 to 60224. They are part of the TOFC flat car series GN 60060 to 60344 which were 53’ 6” long over the sills built by Pacific Car and Foundry (PC&F) in 1954 as plain flat cars 65500 to 65599 and 65600 to 65699 with fish belly side sills. Cars 60200 to 60234 were converted to TOFC service in 1955 by adding tie down chains and rub rails attached to the original stake pockets. All were equipped with friction bearing trucks and were set up to handle two 24 foot single axle trailers or one dual axle 40 foot trailer.  The good thing about these cars is that they were a low cost, low risk way to enter the TOFC business. The bad thing was that the tare weight was very high for the carrying capacity. As of July 1, 1956 the nominal 50 foot cars were: 60045 to 60057 52-0 long 140,000 pound capacity  13 cars 60060 to 60096 53-6 long 100,000 pound capacity  37 cars 60200 to 60234 53-6 long 100,000 pound capacity  35 cars