{"product_id":"bowser-44212-ho-scale-roadrailer-triple-crown-tcsz-ex-swift-duraplate-365011","title":"Bowser 44212 HO Scale RoadRailer — Triple Crown TCSZ ex-Swift DuraPlate #365011","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-order\u003c\/strong\u003e — expected delivery Summer 2027 (subject to change by Bowser). A 25% deposit is charged when you order; the balance is due when the item arrives and is ready to ship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bowser 44212 is an HO scale ready-to-run RoadRailer in the Triple Crown TCSZ ex-Swift DuraPlate scheme, road number #365011 — a DuraPlate-side RoadRailer trailer with pad-printed ends, sides and mud flaps and a silver roof.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTriple Crown Services, the Norfolk Southern bimodal subsidiary based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, was the largest RoadRailer operator in the world. These DuraPlate trailers were acquired second-hand from Swift Transportation's RoadRailer fleet and relettered TCSZ.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoadRailers are bimodal highway trailers that ride directly on rail bogies, coupling to each other through a tongue and running as a solid unit train with no flatcars or spine cars underneath. Bowser's HO models couple the same way: each trailer links to the next, and a single Bowser \u003cstrong\u003e#40300 CouplerMate\u003c\/strong\u003e (sold separately) is placed at the head of the string to couple the RoadRailer train to your locomotive — only one is needed per train.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHO scale ready-to-run RoadRailer trailer with rail bogie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePad-printed ends, sides and mud flaps; silver roof\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTongue coupling between RoadRailers for prototypical unit-train operation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoad-specific paint and lettering with individual road number\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCouplerMate #40300 sold separately — one per train to couple to the locomotive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/oakvillemodeltrains.com\/collections\/bowser\"\u003eBowser\u003c\/a\u003e and our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/oakvillemodeltrains.com\/collections\/ho-freight-cars\"\u003eHO freight car collection\u003c\/a\u003e, or see \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/oakvillemodeltrains.com\/collections\/preorders\"\u003eall preorders\u003c\/a\u003e. Ships from Oakville, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bowser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45409488601270,"sku":"006-44212","price":36.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/5131\/1286\/files\/bowser-44211-roadrailer-tcsz-ex-swift-duraplate.jpg?v=1788745147","url":"https:\/\/oakvillemodeltrains.com\/products\/bowser-44212-ho-scale-roadrailer-triple-crown-tcsz-ex-swift-duraplate-365011","provider":"Oakville Model Trains Depot","version":"1.0","type":"link"}