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Uncataloged O Scale Premier RJ Corman Gondola Car w/LCL Containers Announced

April 18, 2024 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has announced an exclusive Premier O Scale Gondola Car w/LCL Containers in RJ Corman livery for exclusive distribution for M.T.H. Authorized Retailers E-Z Catch and Dixie Union Station. 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 August 2024.

20-95717 RJ Corman Gondola Car w/LCL Containers
Car No. 8002
Early Order Price: $69.99
Click HERE to order from E-Z Catch.
Click HERE to email order from Dixie Union Station.

20-95718 RJ Corman Gondola Car w/LCL Containers
Car No. 8005
Early Order Price: $69.99
Click HERE to order from E-Z Catch.
Click HERE to email order from Dixie Union Station.

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.

EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE THRU:

E-Z Catch Train Shop
5 Tysen Street
Staten Island, New York 10301
718-727-7373 - Ask for Pat
www.e-zcatch.com
e-zcatch@verizon.net

- OR -

Dixie Union Station
110 W. Main Street
Mason, OH 45040
513-459-0460
http://www.dixieunionstation.com
rockylane@dixieunionstation.net

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Check out each of these offerings HERE.

These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.