50' High Roof Box Car Set,,,

Nigels · Nigels 06-18-2018, 10:05 PM Posting Freak

Saw these and loved them Big Grin

**Super** · **Super** 06-19-2018, 01:31 PM Track Engineer

Those are so pure & pristine, are they copy's of actual ads on boxcars? And is it really 50 feet tall???

Nigels · Nigels 06-20-2018, 12:29 AM Posting Freak

Lol! I think they mean 50' long with a high roof, but who can tell with the land where everything is large? Smile

**Super** · **Super** 06-20-2018, 12:58 AM Track Engineer

LOL...It didn't dawn on me to read it like that haha. Didn't think there were 50' high tunnels or overpasses. Smile

Off The Rails · Off The Rails 06-20-2018, 05:16 PM Posting Freak

Who knows? At the rate things are going, we might end up with 50 foot tall container stack trains in a few decades! I guess the greatest limiting factor is the impossibly high center of gravity. Even loading gauge ultimately wasn’t a complete obstacle with today’s double stack container well cars and three tiered auto racks. The Class 1 railroads have either rerouted or rebuilt major lines to accommodate larger freight cars.

Nigels · Nigels 06-21-2018, 11:37 PM Posting Freak

Just got these, some more 50' - High Roof Box Cars Big Grin

**Super** · **Super** 06-22-2018, 05:38 AM Track Engineer

Very colorful, I wonder if these are modeled after real ones?

Nigels · Nigels 06-22-2018, 07:11 PM Posting Freak

I really don't know Super, being USA outline I wouldn't get to see the real things as such. But they are great looking combined with the other 4 I already had Smile