Looking for a large double-stack car for your intermodal trains? The ScaleTrains Backpacker, in its premium Rivet Counter line, in Trailer Train (as-delivered) colors, is exactly that kind of standout piece.
The Backpacker well car, designed by Pullman-Standard and later Trinity, is a five-unit articulated car for double-stack container service. Each well holds one 40-foot (or two 20-foot) containers on the bottom and a container in the top position.
This version recreates Trailer Train cars in their as-delivered scheme, series 64055-64069 (class RWG50C, built 1988).
Features
- Backpacker 5-unit articulated well car (Pullman-Standard, later Trinity)
- Premium Rivet Counter line from ScaleTrains
- Trailer Train (as-delivered) livery
- Carries one 40 ft or two 20 ft containers per well (up to 48 ft in the top position)
- Die-cast bodies for optimum weight
- See-through photo-etched stainless-steel walkways
- Celcon corner uprights and vertical grab irons
- Separate Inter-Box Connector (IBC) details included
- Detailed multi-piece brake system
- Barber S-2 trucks (100-ton at articulations, 70-ton at ends; rotating black Timken bearing caps)
- Machined metal wheels: 36" at articulation points, 33" at outboard trucks
- Semi-scale die-cast metal Type E lower-shelf knuckle couplers
- Containers sold separately (Operator series, 40 ft)
- Runs on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
- Minimum radius: 22"; recommended: 26"
- Fully assembled; multiple road numbers
- HO scale
- Made by ScaleTrains
Looking for a large double-stack car for your intermodal trains? The ScaleTrains Backpacker, in its premium Rivet Counter line, in Trailer Train (as-delivered) colors, is exactly that kind of standout piece.
The Backpacker well car, designed by Pullman-Standard and later Trinity, is a five-unit articulated car for double-stack container service. Each well holds one 40-foot (or two 20-foot) containers on the bottom and a container in the top position.
This version recreates Trailer Train cars in their as-delivered scheme, series 64055-64069 (class RWG50C, built 1988).
Features
- Backpacker 5-unit articulated well car (Pullman-Standard, later Trinity)
- Premium Rivet Counter line from ScaleTrains
- Trailer Train (as-delivered) livery
- Carries one 40 ft or two 20 ft containers per well (up to 48 ft in the top position)
- Die-cast bodies for optimum weight
- See-through photo-etched stainless-steel walkways
- Celcon corner uprights and vertical grab irons
- Separate Inter-Box Connector (IBC) details included
- Detailed multi-piece brake system
- Barber S-2 trucks (100-ton at articulations, 70-ton at ends; rotating black Timken bearing caps)
- Machined metal wheels: 36" at articulation points, 33" at outboard trucks
- Semi-scale die-cast metal Type E lower-shelf knuckle couplers
- Containers sold separately (Operator series, 40 ft)
- Runs on Code 70, 83 and 100 rail
- Minimum radius: 22"; recommended: 26"
- Fully assembled; multiple road numbers
- HO scale
- Made by ScaleTrains