HO 57' Trinity Spine Car (ATH41092)

This HO-scale 57-foot Trinity Spine Car is a detailed model designed to haul 40-foot trailers and containers on HO layouts. The prototype is a Trinity-built car from the TTX Company fleet, a late-1990s RAF30A 70-ton class, and the replica faithfully captures the design and versatility that let it carry a variety of trailers and containers on the rails. Trailers and containers from popular loads like Athearn’s 40-foot trailers are ideal matches for this spine car.

Highlights include a precision die-cast spine, separately applied brake piping, etched metal walkways, fine ladder detail, and McHenry scale knuckle couplers for dependable coupling. 33-inch solid nickel-silver wheels with RP25 contours run smoothly on most HO track, while trailer hitches come in raised and collapsed configurations to suit display or operation. The model is weighted for stable, quiet running and designed to work with standard HO curves (minimum radius 20 inches). It pairs especially well with Athearn’s 40-foot trailers and containers to recreate realistic intermodal freight on the layout.