This is a great video. One of the main reasons I wanted an Intermountain autorack was to put cars in it. I hope they make the doors more durable in the future
Great review! Too rich for my blood. Also, 33' wheels are correct for the older Bi-level autoracks similar to 89' flat cars. Tri-level autoracks are the ones that have the 28' wheels on them.
Actually from what I gather from info...only the older open bi-level had the 33" wheelsets. These enclosed bi-level ones are the same height as the tri-level...and should have 28"
The detail of this line of cars is amazing but I remember older runs with doors which had come loose floating around in the box and side panels that had completely separated. I think I'd rather sacrifice a little detail for a little more durability and a lower price. Nice review.
good point about the durability and lower price... but i wonder if there is a happy medium... the cars that can take the abuse of the hand are fixed with molded on parts that are tough to break but lack detail... flipside, the super detailed cars practically fall apart if you just look at em'... god forbid you actually pick one up... i have 16 of the athearn 13K acid cars... i sweat everytime i move one... i had to adjust my ops so that i have open staging with those cars to avoid removing them from the layout... i just can't take the risk of breaking something off
I have a mixture of the Atlas(articulated and multi max), Intermountain(1st & 2nd run), Walthers and Scale Trains. I'd have to go with Atlas and Walthers for durability and put Scale Trains & Intermountain autoracks in last place but rank Scale Trains(Rivet Counter) and Atlas(Multi Max) tops as far as detail accuracy. Thanks DG Modeler for your review. I like to weather my models and Walthers(Gold Line) are probably the best to work with.
Intermountain put the 33's on them because the draft gear would have to be raised, causing a whole new mold to be needed, and it just was not worth the cost!!! All you have to do is put a spacer between the body bolster and the truck bolster and you can run the 28's keeping the correct coupler height
like you, I love the see through side panels. wow doors that open, well if you are making a bit of a static display, where you can leave them open all the time, pretty cool. brake bar on the wheel set. I can see that being a problem pulling 10 of them on smaller curves, be a derail waiting to happen. over all. Cut that pipe out of the way and a bang up model.. very nice.
I picked up the conrail Version of these from the post office today. i was unsure about the side panels because on some pictures it looked to seem a little bit too "see through". but now i have to say it looks acceptable. And yes, trying to open the doors is a real thriller!😰 i quit it after they were half way open.😖🙈
I purchased the Union Pacific version and two of the doors were already broken off and I had a heck of a time trying to get mine back on again. For this type of money did not expect to work on something for so long right out of the package. I will not buy another one from intermountain. I will definitely purchase more of these but from a different manufacturer.
I had a bunch of the 1st run, and steered clear of the 2nd run due to Atlas and Scaletrains coming up with their Autoracks. Glad to see Intermountain fixed a lot of the issues with the first run. Might sell mine and get some of these.
So I was planning on doing a comparison video, but...not sure it's worth doing, since people can just watch the review videos. But who knows....I still might. haha
Be nice to open them once to insert cardboard silhouettes of some vehicles. I think someone makes those as an after market product. 24 inch curves look pretty awful. Thanks for doing that test.
It's a beauty! But my head is still spinning over the fact that $82 for one piece of rolling stock, albeit big, is a good price. 😐 I'm going to say that monster sized car won't look or work right on anything less than a 48". Love the louvers. That's nice stuff.
nice vid... excellent model... you mentioned wheel sizes, for the record... it's not uncommon for the older bi-levels like in the vid to have 33 in wheels... tri-levels have 28 in. wheels.. the bi levels don't need the extra room for the vehicles they carry... the tri-level frame however is sunk a little lower as you can see the frame humps over the trucks... usually wheel sizes are stenciled on the rack for informing car dept workers... i didn't notice any such stenciling on this car
The older open style autoracks sometimes had 33" wheels, but from my understanding the both bi and tri level enclosed autoracks used 28". There were no wheel size reporting marks on the model.
@@DGModelworks if you get the chance checkout some rack in person... i tried looking on rrpicturearchives but pics aren't upclose... too far away... the intel i gave was from my time as a switchman for the CNW... bu that was back in the 90s... a LOT has changed since then
Loving your reviews and straightforward-ness of your videos. Keep them coming 👍 About the coupon code, I cant seem to get it to apply to my cart. Is there a minimum limit or cars of a certain price that qualify? Any help greatly appreciated!
Thanks! It should work just fine on any regular price purchase. Does not work for clearance items. www.midwestmodelrr.com If it still isn't working let me know.
@@DGModelworks Thank you for the response! I went and tried again step by step and it was a complete fail on my part, the item I had was on sale and didn't notice the sale tag on it 🤦♂️ Lol Thank you for the help and can't wait for the next video!
Those auto rack cars in real life do have 33 inch wheels and you have some........ for instance the scale trains those ones in real life have 28 inch wheels.
HI DERYK ITS IS RANDY AND I AM BUILDING HO SCALE TRAIN AND THE SIZE 8X BY 9 X 110 1/2 AND MY TRAIN YARD IS MONCTON GORDON YARD THANKS DERYK FRIENDS RANDY
I managed to get several in N scale. Intermountain did a great job
This is a great video. One of the main reasons I wanted an Intermountain autorack was to put cars in it. I hope they make the doors more durable in the future
I too wish the doors were more durable. Very nice car though
Holy cow, $80. Yeah dont open those doors!
Yeah, don't even breath on them. HAHA
Great review! Too rich for my blood. Also, 33' wheels are correct for the older Bi-level autoracks similar to 89' flat cars. Tri-level autoracks are the ones that have the 28' wheels on them.
Actually from what I gather from info...only the older open bi-level had the 33" wheelsets. These enclosed bi-level ones are the same height as the tri-level...and should have 28"
The detail of this line of cars is amazing but I remember older runs with doors which had come loose floating around in the box and side panels that had completely separated. I think I'd rather sacrifice a little detail for a little more durability and a lower price. Nice review.
good point about the durability and lower price... but i wonder if there is a happy medium... the cars that can take the abuse of the hand are fixed with molded on parts that are tough to break but lack detail... flipside, the super detailed cars practically fall apart if you just look at em'... god forbid you actually pick one up... i have 16 of the athearn 13K acid cars... i sweat everytime i move one... i had to adjust my ops so that i have open staging with those cars to avoid removing them from the layout... i just can't take the risk of breaking something off
I honestly can't complain about any of them...I still like the old Walther's kits.
Real nice looking autorack and see through how cool is that thank for showing ...
Thanks Ron!
I have a mixture of the Atlas(articulated and multi max), Intermountain(1st & 2nd run), Walthers and Scale Trains. I'd have to go with Atlas and Walthers for durability and put Scale Trains & Intermountain autoracks in last place but rank Scale Trains(Rivet Counter) and Atlas(Multi Max) tops as far as detail accuracy. Thanks DG Modeler for your review. I like to weather my models and Walthers(Gold Line) are probably the best to work with.
I agree! Honestly I still like the old Walthers kits...
They're easy to mask off different areas and weather and not worry so much about most delicate parts coming off. Keep the reviews coming.
Intermountain put the 33's on them because the draft gear would have to be raised, causing a whole new mold to be needed, and it just was not worth the cost!!! All you have to do is put a spacer between the body bolster and the truck bolster and you can run the 28's keeping the correct coupler height
Thank you for the info. Cheers!
like you, I love the see through side panels. wow
doors that open, well if you are making a bit of a static display, where you can leave them open all the time, pretty cool.
brake bar on the wheel set. I can see that being a problem pulling 10 of them on smaller curves, be a derail waiting to happen.
over all. Cut that pipe out of the way and a bang up model.. very nice.
Yepper! Thanks Sparky
I picked up the conrail Version of these from the post office today.
i was unsure about the side panels because on some pictures it looked to seem a little bit too "see through". but now i have to say it looks acceptable.
And yes, trying to open the doors is a real thriller!😰
i quit it after they were half way open.😖🙈
A bit of weathering, they will look nice. Bob
Everything looks better with weathering, hehehe
Cool review man! Those doors do look fragile
Thanks! They are for sure
I got few of those when I opened the door one of the doors broken off. Atlas got some auto rack they are really cool model..
I agree, the Atlas ones are nice too!
I purchased the Union Pacific version and two of the doors were already broken off and I had a heck of a time trying to get mine back on again. For this type of money did not expect to work on something for so long right out of the package. I will not buy another one from intermountain. I will definitely purchase more of these but from a different manufacturer.
I certainly understand your frustration. These are very delicate.
I had a bunch of the 1st run, and steered clear of the 2nd run due to Atlas and Scaletrains coming up with their Autoracks. Glad to see Intermountain fixed a lot of the issues with the first run. Might sell mine and get some of these.
I understand that!
Looks great but I’m going to put Plano sides on my Walthers
I need to check those out!
Kudos to Intermountain to including Kadee scale couplers stock. Wonder why they chose medium shank 158s over longer shank 156s as with the Atlas
So I was planning on doing a comparison video, but...not sure it's worth doing, since people can just watch the review videos. But who knows....I still might. haha
Be nice to open them once to insert cardboard silhouettes of some vehicles. I think someone makes those as an after market product. 24 inch curves look pretty awful. Thanks for doing that test.
That would be cool! Thanks!
Looks like scaletrains is the way to go, I thought these would be better
Have 36" curves and do not have the issue with truck hitting the brake rod.
I doubt you would with 36" curves. haha
Maybe a minimum radius of 30 inches?
Thats probably more like it.
since you can see through the side panels, it should look like there are cars in it.
Pretty much..
It's a beauty! But my head is still spinning over the fact that $82 for one piece of rolling stock, albeit big, is a good price. 😐
I'm going to say that monster sized car won't look or work right on anything less than a 48".
Love the louvers. That's nice stuff.
Made my head spin too! Trust me!
nice vid... excellent model... you mentioned wheel sizes, for the record... it's not uncommon for the older bi-levels like in the vid to have 33 in wheels... tri-levels have 28 in. wheels.. the bi levels don't need the extra room for the vehicles they carry... the tri-level frame however is sunk a little lower as you can see the frame humps over the trucks... usually wheel sizes are stenciled on the rack for informing car dept workers... i didn't notice any such stenciling on this car
The older open style autoracks sometimes had 33" wheels, but from my understanding the both bi and tri level enclosed autoracks used 28". There were no wheel size reporting marks on the model.
@@DGModelworks if you get the chance checkout some rack in person... i tried looking on rrpicturearchives but pics aren't upclose... too far away... the intel i gave was from my time as a switchman for the CNW... bu that was back in the 90s... a LOT has changed since then
@@25mfd Oh cool! Thanks for the info.
Loving your reviews and straightforward-ness of your videos. Keep them coming 👍
About the coupon code, I cant seem to get it to apply to my cart. Is there a minimum limit or cars of a certain price that qualify? Any help greatly appreciated!
Thanks! It should work just fine on any regular price purchase. Does not work for clearance items. www.midwestmodelrr.com If it still isn't working let me know.
@@DGModelworks Thank you for the response! I went and tried again step by step and it was a complete fail on my part, the item I had was on sale and didn't notice the sale tag on it 🤦♂️ Lol
Thank you for the help and can't wait for the next video!
@@gator_115 LOL, It happens, not worries.
They are nicer than the others. Too bad they didn't make more. Hopefully they will have another run.
They are supposed to, but I don't hold my breath with anything Intermountain lately....They are way behind on stuff.
Not sure but didn't intermountain buy out red caboose ?
Yes they did.
Would never spend $82 on a ho car you could get a 3 rail O scale auto rack or close to it ,,,,i still love the old. Athearn blue box car kits
It's definitely on the extreme side of cost. I still love the old kits myself
Sweet
Thanks Chris!
I WATCH A LOT BUT I KEPT ON FORGETTING THAT U DEAL W/ HO NOT N SCALE. BUT ANYWAY I LIKE WHAT U SAY . TKS
Thanks Skip!
😀👍
Those auto rack cars in real life do have 33 inch wheels and you have some........ for instance the scale trains those ones in real life have 28 inch wheels.
Ok. Thanks for the info. 👍
HI DERYK ITS IS RANDY AND I AM BUILDING HO SCALE TRAIN AND THE SIZE 8X BY 9 X 110 1/2 AND MY TRAIN YARD IS MONCTON GORDON YARD THANKS DERYK FRIENDS RANDY
Nice looking car, but its twice too big--Half Oversized. 🤣🤣🤣
HAHAHA, You are correct!