You can now order your favorite "wheels Of Time" Model Train Products
through Con-Cor Trains **
**Minimum order may apply, not "Wheels of Time" Products stocked at all times.
Note:We can accept any special orders for "Wheels of Time" Train Products not listed here and give
you a 20% discount. Minimum order is $125.00 at Retail for Special orders.
Shipping and handling charges apply on all orders.
Elements of this page courtesy of Wheels of Time Products.
We do not update this page after every sale, all items subject to prior Sale.
Special Notice: Con-Cor Trains will be doing a special
run on our various "N" Containers to co-inside with the delivery of these new "Wheels of Time" Piggy-Packers, watch our web site
for more information on this special run to be posted towards end of August 2011.
We have received and posted below a couple of pre-production photos of the Piggy-Packers
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After many (very enjoyable) hours of research and design, Wheels of Time is pleased to announce the Fall 2011 arrival of the Piggy-Packer. The Wheels of Time PC-90 Piggy-Packer is a highly detailed and historically accurate model based on the FWD Wagner / Raygo Wagner PC-90. It’s perfect for your intermodal scene (1968 to the present), fully decorated and ready to add to your model railroad layout or diorama.
Features & Options
boom can be raised and lowered (and holds position)
bottom pick is adjustable and can hold a trailer
Front bottom pick rotates upward like the real thing (see image below)
optional container-only spreader
catwalk on front right side (for Raygo Wagner models)
rubber tires
decorated according to the prototype railroads.
(Some Piggy-Packers had ‘Strongman’ logo on the flank, and some had railroad logos, while others had both.)
Read more about the PC-90 below.
PC-90 with front picks lifted to clear trailer or container.
NOTICE: Some Choices of Paint Schemes will Sell out Quickly, if you wait till they
arrive you easily could miss out on your favorite paint scheme. All Pre-Orders will be filled in order by Date the orders for each paint scheme are received by us.
Item Numbers, Descriptions, and Prices
Item #
PC-90 Piggy-Packer
Retail Price
Save 20% with a Pre-Order off final Price. Details on the Con-Cor Trains Pre-Order System towards bottom of this page.
70000
yellow paint, no RR logo, "Strongman & Raygo Wagner" markings, typical RR leased equipment, mid- to late PC-90 model
Burlington Northern PC-90 Piggy-Packer at Portland (Paul Brezicki photo collection)
The Machine
The PC-90 is a big machine. The front tires alone stand seven feet tall. The operator sits over 13 feet off the ground with an excellent view of the loading and unloading operation. Hydraulically operated boom and lift mechanisms make this machine very durable and robust. The Piggy-Packer typically loads an average of 12 trailers or containers per hour on to piggyback flat cars. They come equipped with a spreader and bottom pick that handle both trailers and containers. In top-pick mode, they're able to stack containers three-high. The PC-90s could optionally be equipped with a spreader for lifting containers only.
The PC-90 is powered by a Cummins NH-855C-250 6-cylinder diesel engine located under the operator’s cab. The Cummins engines have a four-speed transmission designed for maximum torque. They have a maximum rating of 250 HP at 2100 RPM. The PC-90 weighs over 80 tons and has a maximum speed of 27 mph ... not exactly swift.
The PC-90 Piggy-Packers Railroad List
The following railroads deployed the PC-90 with many roads using them at multiple locations. This is not an exhaustive list, but it gives an idea of the popularity of the model.
Boston & Maine
BNSF / Burlington Northern (BN) / Great Northern (see image above-right: loading up in Portland)
Chicago & North Western
CSX / Seaboard System Railroad (SCL/L&N) (below, in Charlotte, NC)
(Paul Brezicki photo)
Central of New Jersey
Canadian Pacific
Delaware & Hudson (ex. LV)
Denver Rio Grande & Western
Erie Lackawanna (below, loading trailers in Chicago; EL units don't have the right front catwalk over the right front tire. No RR logos. Use late model and remove catwalk.)
(Paul Brezicki photo collection)
Florida East Coast
Milwaukee Road
New York Central / Penn Central / Conrail (Conrail units are late models & don't have Conrail logos.)
Norfolk & Western / NS
Pennsylvania Truck Lines (Penn terminal contractor for PRR beginning in 1960, PC and later CR)
Rock Island
RF&P
Soo Line
Southern Pacific (below, loading a Seatrain container; SP also had FWD Wagner PC-90 see "home page" but w/o RR logos.)
(Matthew Young photo collection)
SSW (Cotton Belt)
Union Pacific.
Wisconsin Central Ltd.
The Western Pacific and Norfolk & Western used the PC-80. Missouri Pacific had CH-70 at their new container facility in New Orleans. In addition to the PC-90, Soo Line had a CH-50 at Chicago while C&NW had an early version of the refined Piggy-Packer design, the P-80.
PC-90 front-view with raised boom
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD: Small Parts - Not for children under 14 years. Wheels of Time products are not toys and are not intended for children under 14 years.
We are now taking pre-orders on the Wheels of Time "N" 70-ft heavyweight baggage-express cars.
"N" 70-ft heavyweight baggage-express car (Southern Railway car #546 Rendering of Pre-Production Model from 2-car set part #805-000252 shown)
Rendering of Pre-Production Models
Description All Models Ready To Run Unless Otherwise Noted.
Stock Number Your Pre-Order Discount Price
Manufactuer's Suggested Retail Price
Southern Railway Car #535 (single car). (car #546 shown) All cars are highly detailed as according to prototype,
sliding doors, and MT couplers. ETA April-May 2012.
Southern Railway Car #543 (single car). (car #546 shown) All cars are highly detailed as according to prototype,
sliding doors, and MT couplers. ETA April-May 2012.
Southern Railway Cars #530 & #546 (2-car set). (car #546 shown) All cars are highly detailed as according to prototype,
sliding doors, and MT couplers. ETA April-May 2012.
Soo Line Car #1625 (single car). (car #1624 shown) All cars are highly detailed as according to prototype,
sliding doors, and MT couplers. ETA April-May 2012.
Soo Line Car #1626 (single car). (car #1624 shown) All cars are highly detailed as according to prototype,
sliding doors, and MT couplers. ETA April-May 2012.
Union Pacific Car #3060 (single car). (car #3066 shown) All cars are highly detailed as according to prototype,
sliding doors, and MT couplers. ETA April-May 2012.
Union Pacific Car #3064 (single car). (car #3066 shown) All cars are highly detailed as according to prototype,
sliding doors, and MT couplers. ETA April-May 2012.
Union Pacific Cars #3055 & #3066 (2-car set). (car #3066 shown) All cars are highly detailed as according to prototype,
sliding doors, and MT couplers. ETA April-May 2012.
New Haven (McGinnis paint Scheme) Car #5507 (single car). All cars are highly detailed as according to prototype,
sliding doors, and MT couplers. ETA April-May 2012.
New Haven (McGinnis paint Scheme) Car #5519 (single car). (car #5507 shown) All cars are highly detailed as according to prototype,
sliding doors, and MT couplers. ETA April-May 2012.
New Haven (McGinnis paint Scheme) Cars #5500 & #5539 (2-car set). (car #5507 shown) All cars are highly detailed as according to prototype,
sliding doors, and MT couplers. ETA April-May 2012.
Atlantic Coast Line Car #1607 (single car). All cars are highly detailed as according to prototype,
sliding doors, and MT couplers. ETA April-May 2012.
Atlantic Coast Line Car #1624 (single car). (car #1607 shown) All cars are highly detailed as according to prototype,
sliding doors, and MT couplers. ETA April-May 2012.
Atlantic Coast Line Cars #1612 & #1629 (2-car set). (car #1607 shown) All cars are highly detailed as according to prototype,
sliding doors, and MT couplers. ETA April-May 2012.
Canadian National Car #8825 (single car). (car #8816 shown) All cars are highly detailed as according to prototype,
sliding doors, and MT couplers. ETA April-May 2012.
Canadian National Cars #8819 & #8828 (2-car set). (car #8816 shown) All cars are highly detailed as according to prototype,
sliding doors, and MT couplers. ETA April-May 2012.
Chesapeake & Ohio "Express" Car #271 (single car). All cars are highly detailed as according to prototype,
sliding doors, and MT couplers. ETA April-May 2012.
Chesapeake & Ohio "Express" Car #280 (single car). (car #271 shown) All cars are highly detailed as according to prototype,
sliding doors, and MT couplers. ETA April-May 2012.
Chesapeake & Ohio "Express" Cars #274 & #287 (2-car set). (car #271 shown) All cars are highly detailed as according to prototype,
sliding doors, and MT couplers. ETA April-May 2012.
Southern Pacific Maintenance-of-Way (formerly EP&SW) Car #SPMW 4436 (single car). All cars are highly detailed as according to prototype,
sliding doors, and MT couplers. ETA April-May 2012.
We are now taking pre-orders on the Wheels of Time Transit Motor Coaches (new numbers available).
"N" Transit Motor Coaches (Los Angeles Transit Lines #5028 Rendering of Pre-Production Model part #805-090633 shown)
Rendering of Pre-Production Models
Description All Models Ready To Run Unless Otherwise Noted.
Stock Number Your Pre-Order Discount Price
Manufactuer's Suggested Retail Price
Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) #7203. green and white, city 2-door version
All coaches have changeable destination sign, rubber tires, full interior, windows, and are authentically decorated. ETA February 2012.
Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) #7232. green and white, city 2-door version (Bus #7203 shown)
All coaches have changeable destination sign, rubber tires, full interior, windows, and are authentically decorated. ETA February 2012.
Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) #7279. green and white, city 2-door version (Bus #7203 shown)
All coaches have changeable destination sign, rubber tires, full interior, windows, and are authentically decorated. ETA February 2012.
LA Transit Lines #5028. yellow, green, white - NCL fruit salad scheme, city 2-door version
All coaches have changeable destination sign, rubber tires, full interior, windows, and are authentically decorated. ETA February 2012.
LA Transit Lines #5033 (Bus #5028 shown). yellow, green, white - NCL fruit salad scheme, city 2-door version
All coaches have changeable destination sign, rubber tires, full interior, windows, and are authentically decorated. ETA February 2012.
LA Transit Lines #5042 (Bus #5028 shown). yellow, green, white - NCL fruit salad scheme, city 2-door version
All coaches have changeable destination sign, rubber tires, full interior, windows, and are authentically decorated. ETA February 2012.
LA Transit Lines #5050 (Bus #5028 shown). yellow, green, white - NCL fruit salad scheme, city 2-door version
All coaches have changeable destination sign, rubber tires, full interior, windows, and are authentically decorated. ETA February 2012.
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Order Form
As with All Con-Cor No Obligation Pre-Orders, you may cancel or change your Pre-Order at any time with
no penalty.
You will be contacted by phone, or Email before we ship your Pre-Order to Re-confirm before we actually ship.
Lay-A-Way Program Available ! Check out details on our order form page.
We recommend you
use LaBelle brand Lubricants on your "Wheels of Time" products. This includes your Wheels of Time passenger cars as you can lubricate the axle ends on freight and passenger cars to reduce friction and pull longer trains, as well as the moving parts of operating knuckle couplers to insure the best possible coupler operation. See order form below for LaBelle products you can order today.
All Limited Run items subject to prior sale.
Pre-Orders must be placed prior to "Pre-Order Closing Date" for that specific item to guarantee delivery of that item to you.
But we encourage you to still place a Pre-Orders for the item you wish even after the closing date as
we often have a few pieces left after all confirmed Pre-Orders are shipped, and then we go to the list of Pre-Orders received after the closing date, and fill orders
based on the Date the order as received. (That means we fill the off the standby list starting with the oldest date first.)
