53' Magor Flat Car
Prototype Information
In 1953, the U.S. Army faced a major transport hurdle. New armored vehicles like the M48 Patton tank were too heavy for standard railroad flat cars. The Department of Defense contracted the Magor Car Corporation to build a specialized fleet of 650 heavy-duty flat cars. Magor designed these cars with a massive 100-ton capacity to handle the weight of Cold War armor. To distribute this immense load, they equipped the cars with six-wheel “Buckeye” trucks instead of the standard four-wheel variety.
These cars originally carried USAX reporting marks and wore a distinct olive drab paint scheme. Over the decades, they moved tanks, armored personnel carriers, and even naval equipment. In later years, the military re-lettered the fleet with DODX marks to unify Department of Defense equipment. While longer 68-foot cars eventually replaced them for hauling the massive M1 Abrams tank, many Magor cars served for over 40 years. Today, several survive in museums as icons of military logistics.
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Rapido HO 53′ Magor DOD Flat Car Department of Defense “DODX, Early Patch”
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Rapido HO 53′ Magor DOD Flat Car Department of Defense “DODX, Early Repaint”
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Rapido HO 53′ Magor DOD Flat Car Department of Defense “DODX, Late”
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