O SP Husky Stack Car

On
April 26, 1956, a revolution in shipping began when the first container
ship, a converted oil tanker named Ideal X, left Port Newark, NJ headed
for Houston. The brainchild of truck-driver-turned-shipping-magnate
Malcolm Purcell McLean, containerization was a giant step forward in
shipping efficiency, security and cost.

Two decades later, McLean and
the Southern Pacific Railroad pioneered the double-stack intermodal
car, designed with the help of ACF Industries. The idea was slow to
catch on, but in 1984 the SP and American President Lines ran the first
coast-to-coast all-double-stack train. In the ensuing years,
double-stacks have become one of the most common cars on American
rails, delivering containers loaded at all points of the globe to
destinations across our continent.

High quality, traditionally
sized RailKing Freight Cars provide detailed bodies and colorful paint
schemes for the O Gauge railroader. MTH makes an enormous variety of
RailKing Freight Cars, including many different car types and
roadnames. No matter what era or part of the country you are modeling,
RailKing is sure to have something for you.