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  Re: 8-wides coming around soon
 
<snip> (...) Yeah I'll be starting soon, I like that 70 stud Idea, and the container cars are close to the length of a SD40-2. The well is 48' on most mordern well cars (In the USA). I figure 12-14 studs for a 20' container. Josh (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: 8-wides coming around soon
 
(...) <snip> (...) My 20 footers are 16 studs, so 12-14 would be good...of course I would lean towards the 14 side ;) I made my wells just big enough to fit my 40' (32 stud) containers so I cheated and made my cars a bit shorter than they should be. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: 8-wides coming around soon
 
(...) Well the older well cars have 40' wells. Josh P.S. I promise you will hear more about my SD90MAC soon, and I may be using Chris's 3 axle truck design. (23 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)

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