Deluxe Innovations - North American Tour 1995 48' Promotional - Container, 48 Foot - Deluxe Innovations - 62995

Specific Item Information: Comprised of four 48 Foot Domestic Dry Goods Containers, this Deluxe Innovations "North American Tour 1995" set includes a white "Albuquerque NTRAK West June 29 - July 2" container (reporting number DLUX 62995) that is printed in black, sapphire blue, gray, and red; a royal blue "Atlanta NMRA National Train Show July 21 - 23" container (reporting number DLUX 72095) that is printed in black, light gray, and red; a tan "Baltimore N Scale Collector Convention Sept 29 - Oct 1" container (reporting number DLUX 92995) that is printed in black, royal blue, brown, and red; and a silver "Chicago MRIA National Hobby Show Oct 26 - 29" container (reporting number DLUX 102695) that is printed in black, sapphire blue, red, and white.

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Prototype History: 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. Intermodal containers are primarily used to store and transport materials and products efficiently and securely in the global containerized intermodal freight transport system, but smaller numbers are in regional use as well. These containers are known under a number of names, such as simply container, cargo or freight container, ISO container, shipping, sea or ocean container, container van or (Conex) box, sea or c can.

The 48-foot (14.63 m) shipping container is a High Cube container in that it is 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) tall on the exterior. It is 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) wide which makes it 6 inches (15 cm) wider than ISO-standard containers. This size was introduced by container shipping company APL in 1986, and is used domestically in North America on road and rail, and may be transported on deck by ship. This size being 8 feet (2.44 m) longer and 6 inches (15 cm) wider has 29% more volume capacity than the standard 40-ft High Cube, yet the cost to move it by truck or rail are almost the same.

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Road Name History: Deluxe Innovations has occasionally produced model trains using its own name on the cars as the Railroad for promotional purposes.

May 2019 Update: Operations have ceased. Our domestic tooling will be taken over by Fox Valley Models.

Brand/Importer Information: DeLuxe Innovations is a "wholesale manufacturer" of model trains. We manufacture scale replica train models and sell them to hobby shops and distributors worldwide. 2013 marked the 20 year anniversary of DeLuxe Innovations brand trains. There are over 25 body styles in our product line and all of the cars in our single and multi-car packs have different road numbers. DeLuxe Innovations, Inc. is owned by Dave Ferrari, founder of Squeak N Products. We are located in Midland Park, New Jersey. When Dave purchased the business it was located in Burbank, California which would have been a bit of a long commute so the move to the East Coast was planned. Our first East Coast location was in Whippany, NJ along the Whippany River.

The business was started in 1993 by George Johnsen and Roberta Liebreich in Burbank, California. They had a philosophy that just wouldn't allow using a coal car as a "stand in" for a woodchip car, or printing any and all boxcar paint schemes on a PS-1. Starting with the release of the first ever etched metal parts for a ready to run car (1994's Twinstack's metal walkways) through the full dimension underframe and etched metal roofwalk (1996's 1944 AAR Boxcar) to the challenging RoadRailer system (2000), our products have been accurate to target the modeler or enthusiast.

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