Intermodal Railcars by Type

Flat Cars Well Cars Spine Cars Detail Parts

This page contains a list of N Scale Intermodal railcars. There is also a list of N-Scale Intermodal Manufactures websites listed here

Flat Cars

Manufacturer	Model	Prototype	Availability	Comments	photo
Arnold	47 foot European Prototype container flats
Atlas	50 foot piggyback flats
AC Models	60 foot container flats	Trailer Train/TTX container only flats, cars have VTTX,ATTX, or TTCX reporting marks		The cars come as a kit which can be built as either a container flat, bulkhead flat, or as a standard 60' flat car
AC Models	89 foot smooth side flat cars	TTX 89'4" all purpose flatcars	These come in kits of two cars (so that either a single triple 53ft car can be built, or so that a pair of individual flatcars can be made. The two pack can be made up of one of each, or two of one kind.
AC Models	89 foot Channel side flat cars	TTX 89'4" all purpose flatcars	These come in kits of two cars (so that either a single triple 53ft car can be built, or so that a pair of individual flatcars can be made. The two pack can be made up of one of each, or two of one kind.
Alan Curtis Models	89 foot Z sill flat cars	TTX 89'4" all purpose flatcars	These cars are sold as cast metal kits.
AC Models	two unit triple 57 cars.	TTX cars with TTEX or RTTX reporting marks	These come in kits of two cars. In this set, one car has a flared end as some of the triple57 cars have.
Alan Curtis Models	PRR F30D TOFC Flatcar	PRR Class F30 flatcars rebuilt to handle TOFC trailers for the PRR TrucTrain Service. Cars were later donated to the Trailer Train equipment pool.	Cast metal kit with laser cut wood decks
ConCor	50 foot piggyback flats
ConCor	60 foot piggyback flats
ConCor	90 foot piggyback flats
ConCor	90 foot container flats
Micro Trains Line	57 foot piggyback flats	Santa Fe Bulkhead Flatcar Conversion	Sold individually, and single MTL trailer	Representative of prototype conversions of 50 foot bulkhead flatcars (Note: on a bulkhead flatcar, the length dimension of the car is the spacing between the bulkheads, not the total length of the car) The prototype appears to be Santa Fe, drawings appeared in the December 1984 Model Railroader
Micro Trains Line	89 foot piggyback flats	ACF All purpose flatcars (introduced in the late 1960s)	Available individually, and with a single MTL trailer. Cars have been offered in multi-packs
Micro Trains Line	89'4" foot Container flats	ACF All purpose flatcars (introduced in the late 1960s)	Available individually, and with a single 40' container, or 4 20' containers.
MiniTrix	85 foot piggyback flats
MiniTrix	85 foot container flats
Model Power	50 foot container flats
JNJ Trains	90 foot piggyback		flat cast metal kits
Roco	50 foot piggyback	European prototype piggyback flatcar
Scale Replicas	Container Bunks for use with 60 foot flat cars		Allows conversion of a flat car to hold 3 20 foot containers, or 1 20 foot and 1 40 foot container
Ultimate N Scale	Early Piggyback Flatcar Conversions		Cast resin kits for 50 foot Atlas flatcars. I own one of these kits, which is a southern pacific prototype, but may be applicable to other roads as well.

Spine Cars

Manufacturer	Model	Prototype	Availability	Comments	photo
Atlas	Front Runner		two axle car capable of hauling a single trailer up to 48 feet
Alan Curtis Models	48 foot All Purpose Spine Car	TTX 48' All purpose Spine cars. Cars have TTAX Reporting Marks	This Car is sold as a cast metal kit	Designed to hold a single level of 20,40, or 45 foot containers or up to 48 foot trailers.
AC Models	53 foot All Purpose Spine Car	TTX 53' All purpose spine cars. Cars have TTAX reporting marks	This model is sold as a cast metal and etched brass kit.	Designed to hold a single level of 20,40,45, or 48 foot containers or up to 53 foot trailers.
AC Models	NTTX Container only Spine Car	NTTX style container only spine car	This model is sold as a kit	These cars hold a single layer of containers. All units are capable of holding a 40-48ft container, the end units and center unit can hold 2 20ft containers
Con Cor	Fuel Foilers/Impack Cars	Santa Fe Prototype		Santa Fe Prototype, but the design was later sold to Itel and with a few alterations is the Impack car
Interail	Front Runner			I'm not sure if this car was ever produced, but I have an N-Trak Newsletter from July/August 1993 that indicates this was in the works.
Deluxe Innovations/GHQ	53ft all purpose spine car		This car has yet to be released. Just announced at the National Model and Hobby Show. My understanding is that GHQ will be producing the cars, and Deluxe will be decorating and selling them. The report is that these cars will be cast Pewter, so they should have sufficient weight to track very well.

Well Cars

Gunderson Husky Stack (All Purpose Version)

Manufacturer	Model	Prototype	Availability	Comments	photo
Alan Curtis Models	48 foot well	Gunderson Husky Stack	Single Cars. Sold as cast metal kit
Alan Curtis Models	48 foot well	Gunderson Maxi-Stack III	5 Unit articulated car. Sold as a cast metal kit kit
Alan Curtis Models	40 foot well	Rebuilt Gunderson Maxi-Stack III	5 Unit articulated car. Sold as a cast metal kit kit	Represents a car rebuilt by TTX from a 48 foot well Gunderson Maxi-Stack III.
Alan Curtis Models	48 foot well	National Steel Car All Purpose Well Car	3 Unit articulated car. Sold as a cast metal kit
ConCor	48 foot well, all purpose Gunderson Husky Stack		Single Cars
Deluxe Innovations	40 foot well Gunderson Twin Stack	Gunderson Twin Stack	Articulated Cars
Deluxe Innovations	40 foot well Thrall Low Pack 2000	Thrall Low Pack 2000	Articulated Cars. These cars are a ready to run version of the Interail kits, and are based upon the same tooling.
Deluxe Innovations	48 foot well Gunderson Maxi Stack III	Gunderson Maxi Stack III	5 Unit Articulated Cars, cast metal construction.
Deluxe Innovations	53 foot well Gunderson Maxi Stack IV	Gunderson Maxi Stack IV	3 Unit Articulated Cars, cast metal construction.
Fine N Scale	48 foot well	Thrall Low Pack II	Single Cars. Sold as cast resin kit
Fine N Scale	48 foot well	Gunderson Husky Stack	Single Cars. Sold as cast resin kit
Fine N Scale	48 foot well	Gunderson Maxi-Stack III	5 Unit articulated car. Sold as a cast resin kit
Interail	40 foot well Trall Low Pack 2000	Thrall Low Pack 2000	Articulated Cars, and cars with generators for refrigerated containers. Sold as a cast metal and etched brass kit	The molds for this kit now belong to Deluxe Innovations.
Kato	53 foot well Gunderson Maxi Stack IV	Gunderson Maxi Stack IV	3 Unit Articulated Cars, cast metal construction. Cars sold with 6 53 foot containers	This is a later version of the car than the Deluxe Innovations model
MDC/RoundHouse	48 foot well Husky Stack	Gunderson Husky Stack	Single Cars
N Scale of Nevada	48 foot well Gunderson Maxi-Stack III	Gunderson Maxi-Stack III	5 Unit articulated car. cast metal and etched brass kit.		Click here to see the A end of Charles Biel assembled kit as BNSF 240638
N Scale of Nevada	48 foot well Gunderson Husky Stack	Gunderson Husky Stack	Single Cars. cast metal and etched brass kit. these were sold in 3 packs
Walthers	48 foot well Trall Stand Alone Well Cars	Trall	Available as Single Cars, Cars, and multi unit Drawbar connected sets (supplied with couplers, but numbered as one car)
Walthers	48 foot well Trall Low Pack II	Trall	5 unit Articulated Cars capable of holding 1 48' container in each well

Detail Parts

Blair Line	Graffiti decals suitable for use on railcars
Gold Metal Models	Etched brass walkways for double stack cars made by ConCor, Roundhouse, and Walthers. These are also used with some of the Fine-N-Scale double stack cars.
MicroScale	Many decal sets for railroad and privatly owned railcars, also graffiti decals suitable for use on railcars
N Scale of Nevada	Articulated joint improvements for the Fuel Foilerspine cars made by ConCor
N Scale of Nevada	Articulated joint modification for Interail's Thrall Lo Pack 2000 double stackcars.
Oddballs Decals	Many decal sets for railroad and privatly owned railcars
SGS Decals	Graffiti decals suitable for use on railcars

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