Model Railroading > Early Double Stacks

The SP began the double stack era on US railroads.  The first sets were built with frame extensions to carry the top containers because there was, shall we say, a lack of trust in the Interbox Connectors.
Before long the industry gained enough experience with IBCs and double stack operations so cars have long been built with just a "well" for the bottom container.
I thought it would be right for my HO intermodal trains to have one set of these "Twin Stack" cars from Intermountain.
I took the opportunity to add Plano products metal corner post/grabiron details, air hoses, cut levers, and a couple of resistor wheelsets for signal detection.
They track flawlessly around my layout.
Here they trail a set of AC4400s from Athearn.

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The difference in tare weight between these units and the current generation well cars is nothing short of amazing.

PHall Wrote:
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> The difference in tare weight between these units
> and the current generation well cars is nothing
> short of amazing.

The car has two 20' containers and a 40' on top. The flipper's should be turned in to hold the top container. 

=15.600000381469727pxNice........

Some are still in service today.

Stack train ... fine .... but that limestone rock wall is a thing of beauty

Awesome photo! Have an old undecorated kit that I need to finish one of these years.

Nathan

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Very nice and no graffiti!

Thanks for the comments.
1.  I worried for about three seconds about setting the "flippers" but as they are cast into the body in the open position I quickly passed on that!
2.  I made the cliff decades ago and gradually got to the point I did not think it was realistic and was considering tearing it out.  Then I took another trip on Amtrak's California Zepher and found the prototype just east of Glenwood Springs.  I must have retained it in my memory when I carved up the blue foam back in the 1990s, it just kind of came to me when I set upon the cliff with some knives and paint.  Glad you like it.

Me like!!!

SantaFeRuss