Uncataloged O Scale Premier Gondola Car w/Rails Announced

August 28, 2026 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has announced an exclusive and uncataloged Premier O Scale Gondola Car w/Rails in Herzog livery for M.T.H. Authorized Retailer Public Delivery Track. The car will be offered in two unique car numbers in extremely limited quantities beginning in October 2026.

20-95874 Herzog Gondola Car w/Rails
Car No. 1190
Early Order Price: $84.95 (plus freight)
Click HERE to order from Public Delivery Track.

20-95875 Herzog Gondola Car w/Rails
Car No. 1191
Early Order Price: $84.95 (plus freight)
Click HERE to order from Public Delivery Track.

ABOUT THE PREMIER GONDOLA CAR w/RAILS

On its customer Web site, the Union Pacific Railroad characterizes a gondola as an "extremely sturdy open design" for carrying "rugged unfinished commodities"; its "large flat interior design with side walls" is described as "more flexible than a flat car." These qualities make the modern gondola particularly popular with the steel industry, for transportation of loose materials like scrap metal, waste, coke, and slag as well as finished products like iron or steel plate, pipe, structural steel, and rails for railroad track. Our car replicates a 52’ mill gondola, so-called for its popularity with steel mills, and carries a removable load of scrap metal that might be recycled and used to stamp parts for autos, appliances, and a variety of other products.

Other commodities commonly shipped in gondolas include mineral ores, granite slabs, gravel, logs, lumber, railroad ties, and even prefabricated railroad track, also known as "panel track."

The name for these cars actually predates railroads. In the early 1800s, utilitarian flat-bottomed boats with low sides, used to transport coal down the Potomac River to the Washington D.C. area, were called gondolas as a spoof on the much fancier Venetian gondolas. Similarly shaped coal-carrying cars on early railroads earned the same moniker. As more specialized cars were invented for coal service, the gondola evolved into the general-purpose car it is today.

FEATURES

• Intricately Detailed Durable ABS Body
• Metal Wheels and Axles
• Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks
• Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers
• Colorful, Attractive Paint Schemes
• Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
• Needle-Point Axles
• 1:48 Scale Dimensions
• (8) 10" Lengths of Track Rail
• O Scale Kadee-Compatible Coupler Mounting Pads
• Unit Measures: 14 5/8 x 2 5/8 x 2 9/16"
• Operates On O-31 Curves

Order directly from:

Public Delivery Track
(805)226-0320
www.publicdeliverytrack.com
pdt212@gmail.com

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