What is the entire length of an NSC 53’ well doublestack car? The inside length for a container is 53’, but I want to know the entire length of the whole car, the prototype for which walthers is making in HO.
Is this what you want?
http://www.steelcar.com/site/main.html
[edit: click on link; click on “skip intro”; click on “railcar showroom”; click on “intermodal well”; then click on “specs” on upper right corner of screen]
[second edit: Maybe this isn’t what you want. There is a “weights and measures” section to specs section for the NSC car shown on the site that shows the inside length of the well as 48 foot 2 inches. Obviously a 53 foot container won’t fit unless you give it a running start. Is the car in your photo an NSC, or something completely different?]
The picture is Walthers HO model of the NSC 53’ car.
If you go to that link I referenced and go to the Specs section, then click on the drawings subsection. You’ll see a couple arrows to the left and right of the car type being shown. Click on these and they’ll take you to some dimensional views of other flavor well cars, including the 53 foot variety.
Thanks