| Description | Car
# | Image | List
$ | Our
$ | Part # |
| NASA
Series
Car #1
This weathered 50’ steel side, 14 panel, fixed end gondola with fishbelly
sides is blue with white lettering and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Operating
a captive fleet of railcars, NASA’s unique mission requires specially fitted cars
to carry it out. This gondola is designed to transport up to three “SRM” end ring
racks, used on the shuttle solid rockets, as well as general freight as needed
at the Kennedy Space Center. | 175 |  | $28.95 |  | MTL-105
00 220 |
|
NASA
Series
Car #2
This 57’ converted TOFC flat car is blue with white lettering and runs
on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Originally built in 1952 as a Department of Defense
103-W tank car and used to store isopropyl alcohol, it was stripped to its frame
and rebuilt into a 70-ton spacer car in 1995. Because NASA rocket components are
so heavy, empty spacer cars help distribute the weight of the train to comply
with bridge and track load restrictions. | 041 |  | $28.95 |
|
MTL-064
00 160 |
|
NASA
Series
Car #3
This helium car was one of the heaviest railcars ever made. Built in
1961, these cars were initially used by the BLM to transport helium from mines
in Texas. Later, they found their niche servicing NASA Titan rockets and the Space
Shuttle up until the last shuttle flight in 2011. | 1174 |  | $28.95 |  | MTL-985
00 910 |
|
NASA
Series
Car #4
This 56’ general service tank car is black with white lettering and
runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Built in 1970 and transferred to NASA from
the Department of Defense in August 1987, this tank car was used to store water
in support of Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters up until the last shuttle flight
in 2011. | 191 |  | $28.95 | | MTL-110
00 260 |
|
NASA
Series
Car #5
This 57’ converted TOFC flat car is brown with white lettering and
runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks.
Built in 1968, this car originally ran
with JHTX reporting marks. In 1987, it was purchased from Railmark,
Inc and
renumbered NLAX 127 and carries one of several restored MQU’s that were used during
the Apollo
space flights. | 127 |  | $28.95 | | MTL-064
00 170 |
|
NASA
Series
Car #6
This 50’ rib side box car with double doors and no roofwalk is blue
with black door and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. NLAX 4005 was the only
boxcar used by NASA in Florida. Used to transport awkwardly sized or weather sensitive
materials, this boxcar often contained parts for locomotive maintenance or components
for large projects on the railroad. | 4005 | 
Door hardware shown is included but does not come installed. | $28.95 |
|
MTL-030
00 300 |
|
NASA
Series
Car #7
This 50’ steel side, 14 panel, fixed end gondola wtih low cover is
synthetic red with white lettering and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Built
in 1966 by Ortner, this ex. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific gondola was purchased
by NASA in late 1984, and featured a removable cover. Used primarily for right-of-way
maintenance, this gondola was retired in 2011 at the end of the Space Shuttle
Program. | 178 |  | $28.95 |
|
MTL-106
00 130 |
|
NASA
Series
Car #8
This 56’ general service tank car is white with black lettering and
runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Built in 1982 for NASA, this was the first
railcar purchased new by NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Originally used to transport
Freon from Louisiana, NASA later used the car to hold water for firefighting purposes. | 190 |  | $28.95 | | MTL-110
00 270 |
|
NASA
Series
Car #9
This 61’ bulkhead flat car is blue with white lettering and runs on
Barber Roller Bearing trucks. The only bulkhead flat car in the Kennedy Space
Center system, this 170,000 pound capacity car was purchased from the Rock Island
Railroad in 1984 and was used by NASA to transport large or awkward components
in support of the Space Shuttle Program. | 124 |  | $28.95 | | MTL-054
00 220 |
|
NASA
Series
Car #10
This 100-ton 3-bay open hopper with rib sides and coal load is blue
with white lettering and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Built in 1979,
this ex. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific hopper was purchased by NASA in 1984,
and was used to haul ballast and other aggregate materials for maintenance purposes
along the Kennedy Space Center railroad right-of-way. | 111 |  | $28.95 | | MTL-108
00 340 |
|
NASA
Series
Car #11
This 39’ single dome tank car is white with black lettering and runs
on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. This 70-ton car was built from sections of old
tank cars, and when completed, held approximately 15,000 gallons of water. It
was initially used to chemically eradicate weeds along the NASA KSC right of way,
but was later used as an auxiliary water source for firefighting. | 194 |  | $28.95 |
|
MTL-065
00 940 |
|
NASA
Series
Car #12
This 89’ TOFC flat car is blue with white lettering and runs on Barber
Roller Bearing trucks. This flat car was created out of two wreck-damaged railcars,
Southern Pacific 900317 and RTTX 159676, by the ATSF railway and was purchased
by NASA in 1983. While under NASA employment, it was used to carry containerized
equipment as a part of the “Langley Project,” a hypersonic wind tunnel program. | 162 |  | $28.95 |
|
MTL-071
00 830 |
|
NASA
Series
40’ Single Container
This 40’ rib side container was sold to NASA in the early 1980s. While under NASA
employment, it was used to carry sensitive equipment as a part of the “Langley
Project,” a hypersonic wind tunnel program.
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