{"product_id":"bowser-ho-remorque-roadrailer-smooth-wall-alliance-shippers-inc","title":"Bowser HO Scale RoadRailer Smooth-Wall Trailer – Alliance Shippers Inc.","description":"\u003cp\u003eLooking for something different from the usual container well car? The RoadRailer is a bimodal highway trailer that runs directly on rail bogies, without a flatcar: developed in the early 1980s by Bi-Modal Corporation from Budd-built trailers, the technology eliminates the dead weight of a flatcar and speeds up yard switching thanks to an articulated bogie shared between two trailers (the well-known CouplerMate). Triple Crown Services (TCSZ), Norfolk Southern's intermodal subsidiary founded in 1986, became the largest RoadRailer operator in North America, running a hub-and-spoke network centered on Fort Wayne, Indiana that grew to roughly 7,000 trailers at its peak around 2012. The service ended in 2024 after the last train ran between Detroit and Kansas City, closing out more than 35 years of railroad history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis model reproduces the Alliance Shippers Inc. scheme, an intermodal and temperature-controlled logistics company that assigned several of its trailers to the Triple Crown network. The Bowser HO model features pad-printed ends, sides and mud flaps, plus a prototypical silver roof; the CouplerMate (sold separately, only one required per train) reproduces the shared articulated bogie that sets the RoadRailer apart from a conventional flatcar. Four road numbers are available. Preorder: reservation required by October 15, 2026, delivery expected summer 2027.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eHO scale (1:87)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003ePad-printed ends, sides and mud flaps\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eSilver roof\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eCouplerMate required for coupling between trailers (sold separately, only one per train)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003ePreorder — delivery expected summer 2027\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Bowser","offers":[{"title":"553509","offer_id":49314179907758,"sku":"44160","price":47.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"553521","offer_id":49314179940526,"sku":"44161","price":47.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"553527","offer_id":49314179973294,"sku":"44162","price":47.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"553545","offer_id":49314180006062,"sku":"44163","price":47.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/0216\/1070\/files\/44160.jpg?v=1788627811","url":"https:\/\/modelebt.com\/en\/products\/bowser-ho-remorque-roadrailer-smooth-wall-alliance-shippers-inc","provider":"Modèle B.T.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}