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[DEPRECATED] North American Double Stack Well Cars
   
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28 Oct, 2022 @ 2:30pm
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[DEPRECATED] North American Double Stack Well Cars

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These are now included in the base game and no longer need to be downloaded. I'm leaving them on the workshop for now to prevent any disrupted saves.


This is a set of three double-stack container or well cars. The oldest is the first double-stack to see service, a 40-foot car built by ACF for Southern Pacific. The second is a 40-foot Pullman Standard/Trinity 'Backpacker', which is capable of carrying a 48-foot container on top. Third is a 53-foot Gunderson/Greenbrier 'Maxi-Stack IV'. These are solo, non-articulated variants. All originate from the United States and are available in USD.


ACF F-70-81:
  • Years: 1977 - 1985
  • Weight: 16 tons
  • Capacity: 62 tons of containers
  • Wells: 40' bottom, 40' top

40ft Backpacker:
  • Years: 1986 - 2002
  • Weight: 15 tons
  • Capacity: 72 tons of containers
  • Wells: 40' bottom, 48' top

Maxi-IV:
  • Years: 2000 - Present
  • Weight: 17 tons
  • Capacity: 82 tons of containers
  • Wells: 53' bottom, 53' top

Link to my 48 and 53 foot containers.

Please note:
Because containers are considered vehicles in the game, these cars can haul road vehicles like the existing open wagons. In real life, well cars only carry shipping containers and sometimes semi trailers. For realisms sake, I don't recommend stacking automobiles in these as it would look silly, not to mention incredibly dangerous in real life. Unless you don't care, then haul whatever you like. In regards to the Backpacker, as it can carry an oversized container in the top position, if a >40ft container is loaded first it will be floating in the space above where a 40ft or two 20ft containers should be siting. This is just how the game works.

Also: these cars are scaled to match the base games containers, which are a bit undersized. Containers from the workshop may not fit at all, or there may be clipping.

Articulated variants:
ACF F-70-81
Trinity Backpacker
Gunderson Maxi-IV

More info:
http://www.railgoat.railfan.net/spcars/byclass/flat/f070-81.htm
https://www.scaletrains.com/rivet-counter-ho-scale-ps-trinity-backpacker-well-car-set-5-trailer-train-speed-logo-run-2.html
https://www.gbrx.com/railcars/maxi-stack-iv-car/
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Model and textures by superplunger.

If you'd like to see another vehicle made, feel free to leave any suggestions. I'll be focusing (mostly) on Western vehicles that have been exported to Eastern Europe, and older equipment to help make early starts more fleshed out, especially pre-1960.
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3 Comments
The Mustachioed Marxist 29 Oct, 2022 @ 2:34am 
A 1986 Trinity model - pretty much like the above, frameless, sloped on the bottom. Unlike the above, the top also slopes toward the middle, so it appears the whole car "sags" in the middle. General purpose.
https://archive.atlasrr.com/NFreight/arc-n25500tankcar.htm

A mid 1960s General American car that appears to be frameless but without sloping.
https://archive.atlasrr.com/NFreight/arc-n20ktanker.htm
The Mustachioed Marxist 29 Oct, 2022 @ 2:34am 
What have you planned next?

Tank cars would fill a gap in your lineup.

An early 1950s model with dome like this General American - I particularly like the platform around the dome. (versions without it go back into the 1940s) Pretty sure it is 36 feet long. This era also had a lot of colorful paint schemes.
https://www.tangentscalemodels.com/general-american-1952-design-8000-gallon-welded-general-service-tank-car/

A 1969 ACF model - it has no underframe - so the structural integrity comes from the tank itself. The bottom middle of the car is sloped from the ends to allow the load to run out of the bottom valve in the middle of the car. Used for oil, bitumen, fuels. Also used to haul food oils, alcohols, various chemicals etc. A very general purpose car.
https://archive.atlasrr.com/NFreight/arc-n235ktankcar.htm
The Mustachioed Marxist 28 Oct, 2022 @ 6:41pm 
What 53' and 48' containers are you using in your images here?