Description
Railroad Short Name: GTW
Features:
- Era: 1989 to 2023
- Road numbers 127002, 127023, 127045 and 127133
- GTW series 127000-127134, Built 12/73-1/74, former DT&I 27000-27134
- 1989 contract shop repaint (Railcar Maintenance Co. Sioux City, IA)
- Ford service – Woodhaven, MI Stamping Plant
- Fully-assembled
- Multiple road numbers
- Car body side configuration: recessed panel – 9 panels – recessed panel – door opening – recessed panel – 9 panels – recessed panel; each panel has double welds on five-inch centers (double-door)
- Double 10’ plug doors with two door hangers per door
- Separate door rod and handle detail
- Separate lower door track detail
- Tack boards mounted on side doors
- Short side ladders
- No roofwalk
- Low brake wheel and brake wheel housing
- Photo-etched stainless-steel see-through full-width Morton (stamped round hole) coupler crossover platform
- Straight side sill
- Semi-scale coupler boxes
- Durable body-mounted die-cast metal semi-scale standard Type E couplers
- Keystone 20” sliding sill cushion underframe with ten supports; square support ends
- Highly-detailed 70-ton Barber S-2A trucks with finely rendered raised foundry data; rotating black Timken three-sided bearing caps; separate “truck-mounted brake” brake beams; and side bearing detail
- 33” machined metal wheels with accurately profiled .110” wide wheel tread
- Operates on Code 70, 83, and 100 rail
- Truck mounted brakes
- Brake plumbing with separate air reservoir, control valve, and retainer valve; separately applied wireform plumbing including trainline pipe with brackets
- Factory painted and applied metal grab irons; coupler cut levers; and trainline hoses with silver gladhands
- Printing and lettering legible even under magnification
- Weighted to Industry standards for reliable operation
- Packaging safely stores model
- Minimum radius: 22”
- Recommended radius: 24”
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