<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hi Dean,<div>Did you check in the back at the hidden yard? Last week I was pretty sure that I saw cars that looked like that next to track 1 in the hidden yard.</div><div>Nicholas <br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 21, 2023, at 1:59 PM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society <accrs@mail.accrs.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>Message From: Dean and Margaret Lewis lewis2@earthlink.net</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><p style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1;">HO guys.</p> <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1;">At one point, I had two sets of container cars out at the club. These were the earlier style with the big bulk heads at each end to hold the containers. I have the box here at home that I used to store and move them around. I brought it home from the club last night. It has been out there for some time. It is clearly marked Maersk and Hamburg Sud for the two sets that I would use it for when I carried or stored the cars. </p> <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1;">There are no cars in the box and I looked in all my other boxes and all around the layout and can't find them. I would like to get them back. Does any one of you have them or know where they might be stored. I can remember when I brought them to the club some time ago and I think I allowed someone to use the cars.</p> <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1;">The cars have a cage like structure at each end that encloses the ends of the containers when loaded on the car. Very unique in style.</p> <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1;">Has any one seen the cars or perhaps have them at home or stored in your locker at the club. I seems that the last time I used them and/or let someone use them was some time ago. I still have the large box I used to move and/or store them in.</p> <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1;">Please check your stuff for the cars and let me know if you have them or who might have them.</p> <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1;">Dean Lewis </p> </div> <div class="elnk-inline-message-container" style="border-left: 1px solid #aaa; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 0 10px 15px; margin: 0;"> <p>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <accrs@mail.accrs.org><br>Sent: Jan 20, 2023 12:00 PM<br>To: <accrs@mail.accrs.org><br>Subject: Re: [Accrs] Gunderson Maxi-Stack Cars</p> <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;"> </p> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">Yep, that looks just like my cars. I will be at the club night. See You there????</p> <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">Dean</p> </div> <div class="elnk-inline-message-container" style="border-left: 1px solid #aaa; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 0 10px 15px; margin: 0;"> <p>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <accrs@mail.accrs.org><br>Sent: Jan 20, 2023 11:31 AM<br>To: accrs@mail.accrs.org <accrs@mail.accrs.org><br>Subject: Re: [Accrs] Gunderson Maxi-Stack Cars</p> <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;"> </p>  <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal">Dean, I put one of the cars on the scanner and then traced the basic body shape. Still have not found what the wheel base is for these cars. Greenbrier owns Gunderson now and I submitted a request for a data sheet out of their archives. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">This is the intermediate car – has symmetrical ends, the end cars do not. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><div><image.png></div></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <div style="mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-top: solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt; padding: 3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; padding: 0in;"><strong>From: </strong><a href="mailto:accrs@mail.accrs.org">Alameda County Central Railroad Society</a><br><strong>Sent: </strong>Thursday, January 19, 2023 3:56 PM<br><strong>To: </strong><a href="mailto:accrs@mail.accrs.org">accrs@mail.accrs.org</a><br><strong>Subject: </strong>Re: [Accrs] Gunderson Maxi-Stack Cars</p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <div> <p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">I have two sets out at the club. 40 foot containers loaded on them. one is loaded with Maersk containers.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Dean </span></p> </div> <div style="border: none; border-left: solid #AAAAAA 1.0pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 11.0pt; box-sizing: border-box;"> <p>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <accrs@mail.accrs.org><br>Sent: Jan 19, 2023 3:35 PM<br>To: <accrs@mail.accrs.org><br>Subject: Re: [Accrs] Gunderson Maxi-Stack Cars</p> <p style="margin: 0.1rem 0;"> </p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal">I have not seen one. Phill has a set of container cars. I do not know if they are this type.</p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 11:36 AM Alameda County Central Railroad Society <<a href="mailto:accrs@mail.accrs.org">accrs@mail.accrs.org</a>> wrote:</p> </div> <blockquote style="border: none; border-left: solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 6.0pt; margin-left: 4.8pt; margin-right: 0in;"> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">Message From: Tony Long <a href="mailto:tony.long@outlook.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> tony.long@outlook.com</a><br><br><br></p> <div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">I have a project that I started years ago which is a A-LINE Gunderson Maxi-Stack, which is a 5 car set (ACDEB).</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">Looks like this as a new kit (see below) . I had started it, but then put it away. I suspect that was because the instructions, which likely 100% complete, but is only 50% understandable in a step-by-step or car-by-car process. Setting some goals to clear out started but not completed is one of them. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">Researching the history of this car(s) it appears to have been the leading innovation in mixed length container trains. I believe some of these are still running.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">Information Needed – I want to sketch out the dimensions of this car and wanted to start with the wheelbase, but searching for 2 days on google/bing yields zero results. Has anyone seen drawings of these below? I’ve measured the models themselves using just a scale ruler, but this could be off 3-6 inches.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">In my reassessment of this project, I think it will be faster to design the detail parts since one part is used on multiple cars. Atlas has an O scale version of this and images that came up in my search it looks like the pivoting braces/blocks are working. Is there one of those in the club?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><div><image.png></div></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">A-LINE KIT HO SCALE</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><div><image.png></div></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">ATLAS MODEL –O SCALE ATSF ECONO STACK</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">I don’t know if the new assembled cars come with revised detail parts, I figure once you get the detail parts, getting the body shape is a piece of cake. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><div><image.png></div></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">I have close up photos of the Sea-Land cars. I came across these one day between Livermore to Pleasanton. So I came back later with camera to take photos. After shooting about an entire 24 shot 35mm roll, I noticed a white pickup truck and a man walking to the tracks, then I noticed on the pickup truck Railroad Police. He told me to leave and stay away. 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