Description
Railroad Short Name: EL
The 52-6 welded 70-ton drop-end gondola car as produced by ACF. First produced in 1948 for Pennsylvania Railroad as class G31, PRR alone purchased 11,600 welded cars of this body style in the G31/G31A/G31B/G35, serving the “Standard Railroad of the World” in every corner of North America in many customer applications. If you model somewhere in North America, you can use a PRR model! Besides PRR, several other railroads also purchased these gondolas from ACF, and some former PRR cars were purchased second-hand by various railroads. Most of these gondolas were phased from revenue service during the 1990s.
Erie Lackawanna “Rail Train” 1964+ in black paint for rail train service. The end doors are missing from these cars for rail loading – just like the prototypes – and the cars are labeled for rail service like the prototypes. These unique cars are available in 2 numbers, and offered unnumbered cars with a decal set available separately tailored for use with these cars so you can number the cars individually. Build yourself a unique and prototypical rail train with Tangent EL rail train cars!
ACF 70-ton welded Drop-end Gondola replicas include:
- Dimensional accuracy – scaled from American Car and Foundry plans
- Thoroughly-researched colors
- Exact fonts and lettering placement – compare our replicas to the prototype photos!
- Scale-sized side tie-downs!
- See through tie down holes
- “Stand-off” ladders
- Wire grab irons and coupler lift bars
- See-through brake platforms
- Interior detail
- Road-specific handbrakes applied to match production specifications (Universal and Equipco handbrakes available as separate parts, too!)
- Air hoses
- Weighted to NMRA specs for smooth operation
- Kadee® scale metal couplers
- Our 70-ton ASF A-3 Ride-Control trucks with free-rolling metal wheels – semi-scale wheels are available separately as well
- Recommended age 8 years and older.
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