Thanks, Tom, The video has the look of very well done layout with what looks like three mainlines in at different levels but still side by side. However, the long trains are pretty much in the domain of the N guys.
Most of the stacks that I've seen here are totally international and dedicated trains from our sea port to the West Coast ports--east-west traffic where the North-South is still mostly pigs. Bob Werre BobWphoto.com Tom Hawley wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bob Werre > To: [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> > . . . . . . . is it likely that a single car would have both the > internatiional and domestic type container in the well?. . . . . . . . . > > > > > > > > > > > A question I had wondered about myself, so I put the question to some > real > intermodalistas. Here's the first response, from Mr Hannes himself. > > quote > It is quite common in North America to have a domestic container > stacked on > top of a sea container. There is certainly no rule against it > (provided the > weight capacity of the railcar is not exceeded). Domestic containers will > sometimes be in the bottom position with an international container on > top; > although this is more uncommon because domestic containers typically > don't > have the stacking capacity of international containers, so they have > to be > careful when checking weights to not "squish" the domestic container. > > > Another factor is destination. "Land Bridge" trains running > coast-to-coast > will usually consist of exclusively international containers, once again > consigned to a few allied ocean carriers. Trains heading to inland > continental destinations will naturally have a mix of international > imports > on board as well as domestic products, so once again there will be a > mix of > the two types of containers. > > So go ahead and stack that 53' on top of that 40'. > > - Matt > endquote > 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/
