Am not disagreeing with this--when stacked on board the railcar or the ship, all the interface occurs at the corners. On the highway, the interface is that frame. IIRC, the JBH trailers have a slight gooseneck that probably hits a pocket on the underside of their boxes in a manner that does not affect stacking. DJE
----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Hawley To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 7:10 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Tonkin Containers on chassis ----- Original Message ----- From: David Engle I understand that any of the J B Hunt containers and highway skeleton trailers were built so they would not mesh with anyone else's. However, this is the first I have heard of a difference involving containers alone going onto the railcars. DJE > > > > > > > > > > I think what we're talking about here is simply traffic patterns. To the best of my limited knowledge, all ISO-standardized containers can be placed one above the other. It's a matter of domestic and ocean containers having different origins and destinations. A train with a load of containers from an ocean ship would probably not have domestic containers mixed in. But it doesn't take too long to find exceptions, poking around Matt's website. http://www.matts-place.com/intermodal/part1/sea_containers1.htm I shall have to research this further. Tom Hawley -- Lansing Michigan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
