Looking for a large double-stack car for your intermodal trains? The ScaleTrains Backpacker, in its premium Rivet Counter line, in Trailer Train (Speed Logo, patched) 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 patched with TTX "Speed Logos", DTTX series 64005-64016 and 64021-64044 (class RWG50A, built 1987).
Features
- Backpacker 5-unit articulated well car (Pullman-Standard, later Trinity)
- Premium Rivet Counter line from ScaleTrains
- Trailer Train (Speed Logo, patched) 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 (Speed Logo, patched) 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 patched with TTX "Speed Logos", DTTX series 64005-64016 and 64021-64044 (class RWG50A, built 1987).
Features
- Backpacker 5-unit articulated well car (Pullman-Standard, later Trinity)
- Premium Rivet Counter line from ScaleTrains
- Trailer Train (Speed Logo, patched) 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