WalthersMainline (910-50740) | 72' Centerbeam Flatcar w/ Standard Beam | CSX #600989 | HO Scale

Product Overview

This WalthersMainline HO scale 72' Centerbeam Flatcar with Standard Beam brings a familiar modern freight car to your layout in ready-to-run form. Decorated for CSX #600989, this car is ideal for hauling lumber, plywood, drywall, wrapped building materials, and other construction-related loads. Its full-height standard center partition gives the car a strong modern freight profile, while the heavy die-cast metal underframe, RP-25 turned metal wheelsets, and Proto MAX metal knuckle couplers provide dependable tracking and smooth operation in regular layout service.

72' Centerbeam Flatcars

Centerbeam flatcars were developed to move lumber and construction materials more efficiently by allowing balanced loading on both sides of a reinforced center partition. This design helps stabilize cargo while maximizing usable loading space, making centerbeams a common sight in modern freight service.

Standard beam centerbeam cars are especially useful for modeling contemporary building-materials traffic. Their tall center structure and long flatcar profile make them instantly recognizable in manifest freight, local service, and dedicated lumber trains, giving this CSX version a practical place on modern-era HO scale layouts.