ATLAS O MASTER 53' REBUILT WELL CAR TTX (NEXT LOAD ANY ROAD) 471558, 475302, 475576, 475583 (YELLOW/BLACK) - 3RL

Features

• Die-cast body
• Low friction trucks with rotating bearing caps (2-Rail and 3-Rail)
• Detailed brake rigging
• Etched metal walkways
• Minimum radius:
  3-Rail: O-54
  2 -Rail: 36”

Prototype Info

In the 2000s intermodal containers came in a large variety of shapes and sizes. Common containers in that time ranged from 20’, 28’, 40’, 45’, 48’ and 53’. This much variety was deemed inefficient by railroads and trucking companies alike in the early part of this decade. Today the most common containers are 20’, 40’ and 53’. With the phasing out of the once popular 48’ containers, TTX had little need for their 48’ well cars. These cars were still rather new, most built in the mid to late 1990s. So instead of scrapping cars that were in serviceable condition, TTX opted to start a rebuilding program in which the 48’ well cars were shortened to 40’ and/or lengthened to 53’.

About Atlas O Scale Rolling Stock

Atlas O scale rolling stock represents the pinnacle of decades of research and development, resulting in some of the most prototypically accurate model railroad products on the market today and includes a wide array of car types, from box cars, to passenger cars to cabooses. In addition to being intricately detailed, Atlas O scale rolling stock features crisp painting and lettering, perfectly recreating the colorful paint schemes found on their real-world counterparts. Available in 3-Rail and 2-Rail, all Atlas O scale rolling stock is ready to run right out of the box, so you can go straight from the hobby store to using the model in your fleet.