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Uncataloged O Scale Premier NYC Trash Gondola Car w/LCL Containers Announced

April 12, 2024 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has announced an exclusive Premier O Scale Gondola Car w/LCL Containers in New York City livery for M.T.H. Authorized Retailer Trainworld in Brooklyn, New York. The car will be available in two unique car numbers and will be produced in extremely limited quantities. They will be available for delivery beginning in June 2024.

20-95710 New York City Gondola Car w/LCL Containers
Car No. OC1875
Early Order Price: $84.99
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20-95711 New York City Gondola Car w/LCL Containers
Car No. OC1879
Early Order Price: $84.99
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ABOUT THE PREMIER O SCALE GONDOLA CAR W/LCL CONTAINERS

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.

Order directly from:

Trainworld
751 McDonald Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11218
718-436-7072

www.trainworld.com
Orders@trainworld.com

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Check out each of these offerings HERE.

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