Description
The TrainWorx 42884-02 is an N scale (1:160) 28-foot pup van trailer with converter dolly in Roadway Express livery — for prototype-correct LTL doubles configuration on layout highway and grade-crossing scenes.
Prototype: The 28-foot pup van is the standard short trailer used in LTL doubles (two pups behind one tractor, linked by a converter dolly) and triples (three pups) configurations — the workhorse of cross-country less-than-truckload freight. The converter dolly is a short single-axle frame with kingpin on top and fifth wheel that lets a second (or third) pup trailer connect behind the first.
Carrier: Roadway Express (founded 1930) was one of the iconic 'Big Four' US LTL carriers, famous for its white tractors / trailers with orange-and-black ROADWAY lettering. Merged with Yellow Freight to form YRC Worldwide in 2003. Roadway equipment was a staple of US Interstate truck traffic from the 1950s through 2010s.
- Scale: N (1:160)
- Prototype: 28-foot pup van trailer + converter dolly
- Livery: Roadway Express
- Configuration: Single pup + converter dolly (build doubles with a second pup)
- Features: Rubber tires, crisp factory printing, prototype-accurate road numbers and DOT lettering
- TrainWorx SKU: 42884-02
Tip: Order two of the same SKU + a separate dolly to build a full set of LTL doubles. Three for triples (still legal on some western US interstates).
About TrainWorx: US-based specialty manufacturer of prototype-accurate N-scale (1:160) highway vehicles — trucks, pup-van trailers, 53-foot trailers, and converter dollies — for layout scenes and grade-crossing dioramas. Each model is decorated in the correct livery of a real LTL (less-than-truckload) carrier, with proper road numbers and DOT lettering. Rubber tires and crisp printing make them indistinguishable from the real thing at scale viewing distances.
In stock at Oakville Model Trains Depot.