Product Features and Details
Road numbers: 523154A, 523154B, 523154C
AZL Model Details:
- Photo-etched metal walkways
- Separately applied handrails
- AZL AutoLatch couplers
- Injection molded containers
- Multi-color pad printing
- Prototype specific details
- Blackened metal wheels
About the NSC 53' Well Car:
A well car, also known as a double-stack car, is a type of railroad car specially designed to carry intermodal containers (shipping containers) used in intermodal freight transport. The "well" is a depressed section which sits close to the rails between the wheel trucks of the car, allowing a container to be carried lower than on a traditional flatcar. This makes double-stack rail transport possible.
Double-stack cars are most common in North America where intermodal traffic is heavy and electrification is less widespread; thus overhead clearances are typically more manageable.
