Mike Budde had this very neat rail shipment of Chevrolet Vegas on display at the 2022 Midwest Meet/St. Louis RPM Meet. One of the unusual design aspects of the Vega was they were intended to be shipped vertically, nose down. This required all kinds of design considerations to prevent fluid spills and leaks. The Vega models were all built from John Tyson resin kits. The rail car is a Overland Models Vert-A-Pak that was jointly designed by General Motors and Southern Pacific railroad and designed to hold 30 vehicles instead of the usual 18 shipped horizontally. You can check details of the prototype here.

September 29, 2022