@Jeff78rr posted:I recently started an intermodal project that has really added some cool cars to my intermodal fleet. I obtained several K-Line 40’ Thrall and Gunderson cars for this project. Here are a couple pics. The BNSF set was made using the Gunderson cars. I had a machine shop cut the ends off the articulated cars and added some Evergreen plastic to build the ends and undercarriage. Also note the brake system with brass tubing.
the Thrall set was made by removing the ends altogether on all the cars and building correct size platforms for eacH end of car. Altogether I have 3 40’ well Thrall 5-car sets and 3 Gunderson sets using the 40’ wells. I had custom decals made for TTX in their new logo design for some of these sets. More pics to follow.
I also have several stand alone 40’ well cars in both Thrall and Gunderson.
Jeff,
Beautiful work on those. To accurately model intermodal, especially stack trains, one needs articulated well cars. It's too bad we don't have more options. I have several Atlas 53 foot sets, though those are too new for my primary focus, which is Santa Fe operations. (I periodically "update" everything timewise to contemporary BNSF and UP and that's when those cars come out...). I have one of the two-car K-Line set and have toyed with trying to find another one or two to make a three or five car set. I think you've inspired me to follow through. Another option I've mulled is buying one of the MTH twin-stack sets and cutting off the "bulkhead" parts on the car ends to model later Gunderson 40 foot well cars.
But your cars look great. Do you run DPUs and do the two-rail wheelsets handle that OK?
RM
