MTH Kansas City Southern O Scale Premier 4-Car Husky Stack Set

On April 26, 1956, a revolution in shipping began when thefirst container ship, a converted oil tanker named Ideal X, left PortNewark, NJ headed for Houston. The brainchild oftruck-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 Railroadpioneered the double-stack intermodal car, designed with the help ofACF Industries. The idea was slow to catch on, but in 1984 the SP andAmerican President Lines ran the first coast-to-coast all-double-stacktrain. In the ensuing years, double-stacks have become one of the mostcommon cars on American rails, delivering containers loaded at allpoints of the globe to destinations across our continent.

MTH Premier O Scale freight cars are the perfect complement toany manufacturer’s scale proportioned O Gauge locomotives.Whether you prefer to purchase cars separately or assemble a unittrain, MTH Premier Rolling Stock has the cars for you in a variety ofcar types and paint schemes.

Virtually every sturdy car is offered in two car numbers whichmakes it even easier than ever to combine them into a mult-car consist.Many of MTH’s Premier Rolling Stock offerings can alsooperate on the tightest O Gauge curves giving them even more addedversatitlity to your layout.