First produced in 1948 for Pennsylvania Railroad as class G31, PRR
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
1990's.
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The Models
You're
never seen an N Scale gondola like this! From the rail up, these
N Scale models were engineered to capture the scale fidelity of
the prototype. Featuring extremely fine molding, separately applied
brake rigging, an etched-metal brake platform and more! Plus, these
cars ride on BLMA's NEW 70-Ton Friction Bearing trucks with 33"
Metal Wheels featuring a front AND backside wheel profile. If that
wasn't enough, check-out the ride height on this model... Just like
the prototype!
