Athearn 27787 HO 20’ Container (3) – CGM

PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:
An intermodal container is a large standardized shipping container,
designed and built for intermodal freight transport, meaning these
containers can be used across different modes of transport – from
ship to rail to truck – without unloading and reloading their cargo.
Corrugating the sheet metal used for the sides and roof contributes
significantly to the container’s rigidity and stacking strength, just like in
corrugated iron or in cardboard boxes. International containers have
castings with openings for twistlock fasteners 20’ apart on the eight
corners, to allow gripping the box from above, below, or the side, and
they can be stacked up to five units high for storage.

MODEL FEATURES:
• Fully-assembled
• Easily stackable
• Each container is individually numbered