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Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Road # GM&O 21587 40' Standard Box Car, Single Door w/o Roofwalk Part #MTL-24240 N Scale Supply Price: Reprint Release Date: January 2001
In May 1947, 1,420 of these 40 standard box cars with single door and without roofwalk were delivered to Gulf, Mobile & Ohio. This unit is painted red and lettered in white. It was originally built with a roofwalk, but when serviced in September 1968, the roofwalks were removed and the ladders were shortened. GM&O 21587 has a 110,000 lb capacity and rolls on Bettendorf trucks. This fleet served GMO for many years but by April 1981 only two cars remained on their roster. |
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