Malcom McLean and Sea Land

When one looks at the vast sea of containers on double stack container trains or stacked way high on containerships, one can't help think that less than 45+ years ago this did not really exist.  Malcom McLean one of the grandfathers of our containerized freight helped start this revolution and changed how cargo was handled.  A PDF from TR News on Malcom McLean and Sea Land containerships explains this exciting history.  I hope you will enjoy the history whether it's from the railroader, trucker or merchant marine point of view.

(By the way, for container handling equipment, be sure to tell your friends that the HO scale Piggy-Packers pre-orders are due by Feb. 22, 2013 - reserve at your favorite dealer or directly.  For the N scalers at heart, we have a limited number of 2nd run Piggy-Packers in stock.)

Worth the wait!

On one warm August day in 1995, I was waiting at Leyden, CO planning to take photos of the Southern Pacific trains on the former DRG&W mainline.  During my wait, the friendly railroad personnel came by on his hi-rail truck, tossed me a water bottle and told me that they have just finished making repairs to the track.   "Just wait another 30 minutes or so," he said, "we have a unit coal train coming by.  Still waiting.  The buzzing insect sound started to lessen, and lo and behold, then brand new SP GE AC44CW locomotives on the point.  I said to myself, it's definitely worth the wait.  Enjoy the history.

New photos of N-scale PC&F insulated box cars posted

Pre-production sample photos of our N-scale Pacific Car & Foundry 50-ft 70 ton Loader-equipped Insulated box cars are posted.

Shipping schedule and updates

• We will be shipping the 2nd run of our N scale PC-90 Piggy-Packers from Dec. 6th to Dec. 13th to all customers except item no. 70026 Western Pacific Transport.  The factory made a lettering mistake on the Western Pacific Transport and is being corrected by the factory . . . which means that item will be shipped sometime in January.  We apologize for the delay of item no. 70026 to all our customers. 
• N scale Pacific Car & Foundry 50-ft 70 Ton Insulated Loader-Equipped Box Cars pre-orders are due this Sat. Dec. 8th to your dealers or direct.  We should have painted samples at the end of the month.
• HO Scale PC-90 Piggy-Packers update:   We anticipate complete tooling of mold work in mid-January. Stay tuned for this model in HO scale!

Photos of our new insulated box car!

Just posted photos of our new 50-ft 70 Ton Insulated Box Cars!

By the way, if you are in Milwaukee this weekend, come by the Trainfest Show and say hi to us.  Wheels of Time will be at booth 8130.