5 - Picked Up a Couple Items

Went to a train store in Seattle today. Their website made it look like they were the place to go for train stuff. However, they didn't really have all that much stuff. I think the one in Kirkland is way better. This is actually a blessing in disguise because it's about a 45 minute drive from our house. Oh well I did manage to find a couple items.

I got a trailer that says Seattle on it. I realize it's not actually a train car, but I can put it on a 50' (scale) flat car. I also picked up a pair of Woodland Scenics Gentle Grips.

This is the idea....

This type freight transportation is called intermodal freight transportation. Meaning that the freight is transported by mulitple transportation methods, in this case rail and truck. So the trailer could be loaded onto the flat rail car directly at a factory or warehouse and then transported by rail to a frieght yard where it is unloaded and picked up by a truck and hauled via road to multiple retail outlets.

The store didn't have any flat cars in the length I needed so I'll have to look at another store or online.