TRAILER TRAIN 53 ft GUNDERSON 3 CAR MAXI IV WELL DOUBLE STACK CARS HO SCALE NEW

Description: INTERMOUNTAIN Ready-To-RunHO Scale GUNDERSON 53 Foot MAXI IV WELL Cars3 ARTICULATED CAR SETReady to Run -- TRAILER TRAIN -- TTX Out - Of - ProductionDISCONTINUED By The Manufacturer Lettered for:TTX RailroadTTX Letting and paint scheme Roadnumbers may vary OVERVIEW:A well car, also known as a double-stack car (or also intermodal car/container car), is a type of railroad car specially designed to carry intermodal containers (shipping containers) used in intermodal freight transport. The "well" is a depressed section that sits close to the rails between the wheel trucks of the car, allowing a container to be carried lower than on a traditional flatcar. This makes it possible to carry a stack of two containers per unit on railway lines (double-stack rail transport) wherever the structure gauge assures sufficient clearance.The top container is secured to the bottom container either by a bulkhead built into the car — possible when bottom and top containers are the same dimensions, or through the use of inter-box connectors (IBC). Four IBCs are needed per well car. In the terminal there are four steps: unlock and lift off the top containers of an inbound train, remove the bottom containers, insert outbound bottom containers, lock assembly after top containers emplaced. Generally this is done car-by-car unless multiple crane apparatus are employed.Advantages of using well cars include increased stability due to the lower center of gravity of the loads, lower tare weight, and in the case of articulated units, reduced slack action. Well cars are most common in North America and Australia where intermodal traffic is heavy and electrification is less widespread; thus overhead clearances are typically more manageable. HistorySouthern Pacific Railroad (SP), along with SeaLand, devised the first double-stack intermodal car in 1977. SP then designed the first car with ACF Industries that same year. At first it was slow to become an industry standard, then in 1984 American President Lines started working with the Thrall Company to develop a refined well car and with the Union Pacific to operate a train service using the new well cars. That same year, the first all "double stack" train left Los Angeles for South Kearny, New Jersey, under the name of "Stacktrain" rail service. Along the way the train transferred from the UP to CNW and then to Conrail. Each unit of a double-stack car contains a single well; they often are constructed with three to five cars connected by articulated connectors. The intermediate connectors are supported by the centerplate of single trucks, often a 125-short-ton (112-long-ton; 113 t)-capacity truck but sometimes a 150-short-ton (134-long-ton; 136 t)-capacity one.Also, in a number of cases multiple single-well cars (usually 3 or 5) are connected by drawbars and share a single reporting mark. Alternatively the multiple single-well cars each share a single truck. On both types of multiple-unit cars, the units are typically distinguished by letters, with the unit on one end being the "A" unit, and the unit on the other end being the "B" unit. Middle units are labeled starting with "C", and going up to "E" for five-unit cars starting from the "B" unit and increasing towards the "A" unit.Carrying capacity53 ft, 48 ft, 45 ft, 40 ft and 20 ft containers stackedDouble-stack wellcars come in a number of sizes, related to the standard sizes of the containers they are designed to carry. Well lengths of 40 ft (12.19 m), 48 ft (14.63 m) and 53 ft (16.15 m) are most common. A number of 45 ft (13.72 m) wells and 56 ft (17.07 m) wells also exist. (The sizes of wells are frequently marked in large letters on the sides of cars to assist yard workers in locating suitable equipment for freight loads.) Some double-stack well cars have also been equipped with hitches at each end that allow them to carry semi-trailers as well as containers. These are known as "all-purpose" well cars. Articulated well cars typically have a capacity of 120,000 lb (54,000 kg) per well. Highway weight limits in the US restrict most containers to less than 60,000 lb (27,000 kg) so this is adequate for two containers stacked. Some single well cars have capacity for two fully loaded 32,500 kg (71,700 lb) containers. Econo Stack (a brand name of Gunderson) well cars are a variation of conventional well cars which feature a bulkhead at each end; their main purpose is to give the double-stacked containers more support. A disadvantage is they do not allow 53-foot containers to be stacked on top; however, 45-foot containers still fit and can be stacked on top. As the empty weight of bulkhead cars is significantly higher than other well cars, they are now unpopular with railroads. LINE FEATURES: Etched Metal WalkwaysSee-Thru walkways & PlatformsGrab Handles and Railings Accurately Scaled from engineering DrawingsCrisp, Detailed, realistic letteringLettering Matched to prototype photographsRALISTIC Satin paint finishStandard Draft gear box Detailed engineering plastic truck side framesLow-friction, nonmagnetic, needlepoint metal axlesNo lubrication requiredMachined-Metal WheelsMagnetically operated, body mounted couplersAdded Weight for optimum tracking SHIPPING:We do combine shipping on multiple purchases. If you do a Buy It Now the transaction requires immediate payment for each item separately. What you need to do is put it in the shopping cart and then when you go to checkout it will recalculate the shipping and combine the items for you. If you pay first I am unable to make any adjustment because ebay has then taken its fees on the shipping as well. If you have a concern message me and I can work something out for you. THIS IS AN ASSEMBLED ItemThe item is NEW in the original box from old stock PERSONAL INVENTORY:Many of these unique items are from my personal inventory which was accumulated over the years. They are hard to part with but due to downsizing in retirement they too are looking for a good home which can appreciate and enjoy them.STORE INVENTORY:Having discontinued my Hobby Store and left frigid “Minne-Snow-Da” I have relocated and retired to the warmer part of the country, Down to Sunny TEXAS. I will be Liquidating the remaining stock. I will be listing items over the next year or so clearing them out. Please see the photos we take actual photos of each itemMost of these items are New in the box removed only to take photos of them.

Price: 199.95 USD

Location: Van, Texas

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