How about Amazon containers

Great shot 👍🏼

There are a couple decal companies offering these for the O scale 53’ containers. Nice pic too!! Very tempting to create some of those.

let Amazon know about them and you will see them for sale.

IT's our trains from china...maybe.

Talking to manufacturers abt it.  IDK if licensing will be an issue.  Some companies are happy with the free advertising, some think their name is worth a million bucks.  We'll see

I'm still waiting for Alaska Marine Lines containers.

@Beth Marshall-The Public Delivery Track posted:

Talking to manufacturers abt it.  IDK if licensing will be an issue.  Some companies are happy with the free advertising, some think their name is worth a million bucks.  We'll see

Beth,

If you can make it happen I'll buy some. Other 53' containers that would be great to have would be JB Hunt, Schneider, and Swift. But I've gathered there's licensing issues there too. Those three are the most common on today's BNSF intermodals, and its difficult to model current BNSF stack trains without them.

RM

Beth was kind enough to listen to my request for ‘Prime’ containers. If Atlas/Amazon approve licensing I’ll be in for enough containers it’ll make it to production. Most of my layout is intermodal based and the more I see Prime containers on the rails the more I’d enjoy them in the model world.

Chris

@Beth Marshall-The Public Delivery Track

I would buy one if you do a custom run. As Rich mentioned, I would also buy several JB Hunt, Swift, and Schneider. FedEx would also be great!

FedEx would be neat too. Also would like to see Walmart or the red XPO containers.

I agree, those would be awesome. I see a lot of XPO in this area on UP, so I painted and lettered these Atlas O 53’ containers....

menards currently has 40 foot Schneider containers in stock  listed under Train Stuff            Sku # 2794656

Also a free lighted truck ending today or tomorrow for on-line orders over $ 19.9

Any chance that Menard's will make the intermodal flatcars available again?  I hesitated and lost out, as I'm sure others did.

@BwanaBob posted:

Any chance that Menard's will make the intermodal flatcars available again?  I hesitated and lost out, as I'm sure others did.

New intermodal cars are in production! We are hoping they are ready for sale in the Spring.

Thank you,
Mark the Menards Train Guy

Sometimes you have to R.Y.O.

@hclark6345 posted:

menards currently has 40 foot Schneider containers in stock  listed under Train Stuff            Sku # 2794656

Will these work in AtlasO cars?  In other words, how close to scale are they?

@CAPPilot posted:

Will these work in AtlasO cars?  In other words, how close to scale are they?

From the Menards website:

Dimensions: 9-1/2”L x 1-7/8”W x 2”H

I made some of the trailer supports for the intermodel containers. I used an existing metal frame and cut it into a trailer. Now it would be easier to 3D print the trailers.

Just have too many projects ahead of this.

I hope this isn't against the rules to mention, but I was perusing the latest TCA newsletter and I noticed that the Midwest Division has an anniversary car that appears to be the currently unavailable Menard's Intermodal car but with Midwest Division custom containers.  So for those who don't want to wait for Menard's to re-release the Intermodal car in the spring (thank you Mark),  you can go to the TCA Midwest division's website and get one.  The listing says they are available for immediate delivery.

Update: the website doesn't appear to have links for the purchase.  If a moderator tells me its okay, I will post the contact info for purchase.  Disclaimer, I am a TCA member but not of that division.

@Menards posted:

New intermodal cars are in production! We are hoping they are ready for sale in the Spring.

Thank you,
Mark the Menards Train Guy

Any further consideration given to selling doublestack cars separate from containers? It would make it much easier to mix&match a train with a variety of containers if one didn't have to find someplace to put all those YANG MING boxes

---PCJ

I had to search for a pic to see what these Amazon containers would look like. I also found their trailers and I like how those look too!

A lot of container trains pass by up in Buffalo. We don't see them in Niagara Falls yard much. I only stay current using the internet searches and any posts here on the forum.

Off to see what the diecast dealers have in them now.

To Mark from Menards.  Well it is now officially spring.  Are we getting close to the re-release of the intermodal cars? My wallet is waiting.....