What scale izzit?

[webenda]

I have some Lionel automobiles and decided to get a car carrier to put them on.
The old Evans car carriers seem a bit expensive.



Looked around and found a new one for a better price.



The cars fit rather nicely.



But there seems to be a problem negotiating curved track, it comes uncoupled from the gondola.





Is this a scale size car? I wonder if scale (Kadee) couplers would work better?

[rogruth]

Now Wayne, you know different radius/diameter track would change everything.

[robert.]

89 feet long. I think you can find the old red Lionel one for less the $300. It should be $10.00

[webenda]

It should be $10.00

I love your optimizime Robert. I'll keep looking. Today even a broken car is $12.95 USD.

[robert.]

a little over $50.00 to your door. Keep looking with the holidays coming thing get pricey on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lionel-Trains-E ... SwxzBZpzYO

[chuck]

You should be able to find the K-Line Evans car that is or at least very close to scale (~13"). It would nominally hold six cars. Should be around $50-$70 (probably more $$ depending on the auto's that come with the car).

[webenda]

Thank you Chuck, I did not know about the K-Line Evans Scale Auto-Loader.
Today I see a Lionel Evans w/o cars starting bid $20 but it is rusty. I don't weather my cars, so I don't care if it is real rust--no sale.
If anyone is interested in how the real Evan's Auto-Loaders work, there are some images at this site: http://www.trainweb.org/seaboard/nycautorack.htm

[Roy]

Does Menards offer the auto loader? Will the MPC carrier work for you?

[webenda]

Does Menards offer the auto loader? Will the MPC carrier work for you?

Thank you Roy.
Menards has no Auto-Loader, only single cars on a flatcar.
I have a couple of MPC carriers. Did you know you can take the rack off the MPC flatcar and stack it on another MPC carrier to get a five high auto carrier?

[Roy]

Did you know you can take the rack off the MPC flatcar and stack it on another MPC carrier to get a five high auto carrier?

I've never had one, but the stackability doesn't surprise me. The carriers that came with cheaper sets only had one level. As I recall, separate-sale cars had two levels. Five levels would've been monsters.

[J. S. Bach]

[quote="webenda"Did you know you can take the rack off the MPC flatcar and stack it on another MPC carrier to get a five high auto carrier?[/quote]

How about a double double-stack?

[webenda]

Raise the bridges, bore the tunnels higher--I love it!

Love the siren on that police car too!

[J. S. Bach]

Love the siren on that police car too!

Actually, that is a PA horn speaker; the car is the Blue Mobile from the movie The Blues Brother following the scene where Jake and Elwood "acquire" the horn from a city parks. I have the movie on a laserdisc.

[J. S. Bach]

But there seems to be a problem negotiating curved track, it comes uncoupled from the gondola.

Is this a scale size car? I wonder if scale (Kadee) couplers would work better?

If the car measures about 22" it is scale length. As far as KDs, probably no better on that radius.

[ogauge47]

Apparently the Lionel autoracks have articulated Kadee pads so that may being the minimum radius down a little bit for someone with slightly tighter curves