North American Double Stack Well Cars
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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