A newly formed manufacturer called the Jacksonville Terminal Company announced its new line of containers at Trainfest. Tooled in 2017, the first model to be released is a 40 foot "rib-style" corrugated canvas open top container in Canada Maritime, Cho Yang, Hapag Lloyd, Maersk, and Transamerica liveries. A second release of "wave-style"corrugated side containers is expected in January 2018. https://jtcmodeltrains.com/ https://jtcmodeltrains.com/collections/all
JTC Model Trains' Wave-style N Scale 40 ft Canvas/Open-top Containers Coming Jan. 2018 Transamerica 40 foot "wave"-style corrugated side canvas/open-top containers Jacksonville Terminal Company, LLC (JTC), a new manufacturer of model train products, has embarked on producing a new tooling for n-scale: a series of canvas/open-top intermodal containers. The company is made up of small group of modelers who are dedicated to producing compatible, quality n-scale container models in a large variety of styles. JTC's first release (November 2017 at Trainfest 2017) was the 'Rib-style' corrugated side Canvas/Open top container. Their second release (January 2018) will be the more common 'wave' corrugation sides version. Release styles 3 & 4 (which represent the most popular container styles in use) will be available in March 2018. The "wave" version of these containers will be available in six company names (Hapag-Lloyd, GVC, Transamerica, Seaco, Yang Ming and UASC) with seven different door types available to match prototypes. These products will come in 2-packs and retail for $29.95. Some product features include: removable canvas top, IBC (connecting pins) and a magnetic connecting system, which will work with JTC 20 foot and 40 foot containers as well as the Atlas 40 foot standard container and the Walther's 40 foot HC panel side container. About the prototype: 40 foot rib-style corrugated side canvas/open-top containers According to Containerauction.com (an auction and marketplace for shipping and cargo containers) "Open top containers are a type of shipping container designed with for specific uses in mind. This type of shipping container is similar to that of a standard 20' or 40' container, with one key difference: the top of the container is not solid, and is removable. This unique feature makes them very easy to load and carry over sized equipment, materials, bulk items like coal, or other similar items." You can learn more here. Features of 40 foot rib-style corrugated side canvas/open-top containers More N-Scale Manufacturers Added to Database We are always very excited to be able to add more model train manufacturers to the TroveStar N-Scale Model Trains Database. JTC is our latest "new" manufacturer. This addition brings the total number of companies (who produce n-scale products) listed in the database to close to 150! Here is a link to the JTC website. Here is a link to November 2017 JTC 40 foot rib-style corrugated side canvas/open-top containers on TroveStar.
Here an inside look at the containers' magnetic system: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1959/5441/files/DSC00372_large.JPG?v=1513779891
Found 'em on my first guess Thank you Purchased - Jacksonville Terminal Company N 402402 Hapag-Lloyd 40' Canvas/Open Top, Rib-style corrugated sides (2-Pack)
"I read somewhere that they have 20 footers in the pipeline?" - "JTC's forthcoming 40' High cube and 20' standard containers expected in April 2018. We will offer a large variety of colorful, and prototypical roadnames, as well, all in N, 1:160 scale." - Model Railroad Hobbyist
Pre-production samples: 40' HC & 20' standard containers. Both will have compatible IBC pins and magnetic system, connecting to JTC 40' canvas top containers (and the Atlas brands 40' standard container), and JTC retro-fit underframes. Facebook page. JTC Web page.
