Ok guys,what is it that attracts you to the intermodal scene? I love the equiptment,well cars,straddle cranes,loaders,ect.The high speed,fast pace of transporting goods around the globe is awsome! And as for modelling,WOW!..boats,ports,cranes,trains,yards,trucks,destinations,overtaking,schedules,routing,pretty new conainers,dirty old containers,double stack,single stack,well cars,spine cars,flatcars,trailers,piggybacks,ramps,whew!I love it!
<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by yankinoz: Spine cars. It's gotta be the spine cars.<hr></blockquote> Yes, I have to agree with that! (But then I would, wouldn't I?)
I suppose one of the most visible of intermodal trains is the double stack container train. Here is one passing Woodford on tehachapi pass.
While camping at the Neys Provincial park on the North Shore of Lake Superior I hiked up to the CP line and got this shot as the container train rocketed around a tight bend through a cutting. The wheels were shrieking and deafened me for a while. The train then crossed the Little Pic River as can be seen in the next picture. [ 01 September 2001: Message edited by: Robin Matthysen ]</p>
Robin, I don't see that intermodal, but sure want to see the 6015 described on that plaque!! Fitz the steamer.
Itermodal, the here and the now of railroading. One nice thing is you dont need a ton of space to model it. Here is a view of my Intermodal yard. It has 3 traks, One for the roadrailer and 2 for intermodal. It all fits in a space 1' 4" by 4', of course part of my intermodal yard is hiddern by the power plant.
More pictures of intermodels (sp?) please! I know there have to be alot of people out there that have some cars at least. My favorite car on my layout, ( I don't have many : ) is my Atlas TTX, I think that's what it is : ) Give us newbies some inspiration for our layouts please! in2golfz
It is great that we now have an intermodal forum, lets make sure we keep it active. Oh by the way we will be needing a moderator for this forum as well.
<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by phantom: One nice thing is you dont need a ton of space to model it. <hr></blockquote> My intermodal yard is only 6" wide!
So, is this forum for discussion of REAL intermodal, or models, or both? Don't get me wrong: Intermodal is my favorite to watch and photograph, and I'm accumulating lots of N-scale intermodal equipment for my first layout (soon to come). ....now, where does one find those cool spine cars?...
Mark, This forum is for both prototype and model intermodal topics. As for those cool spine cars they are manufactured by our own Alan Curtis. Just click on this link to take you to his site AC models
