MTH 20-98927 DT&I Gondola w/Coil Load – Your Source for Gaming Essentials* Sale

Description

This is MTH 20-98927 Gon w/Coil Stl Load DT&I. Gondola car with coil steel load, Detroit Toledo & Ironton. Numbers: 9798, 9785. 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 coiled sheet steel that might be 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.

MTH Premier O Scale freight cars are the perfect complement to any manufacturers scale proportioned O Gauge locomotives. Whether you prefer to purchase cars separately or assemble a unit train, MTH Premier Rolling Stock has the cars for you in a variety of car types and paint schemes.

Virtually every sturdy car is offered in two car numbers which makes it even easier than ever to combine them into a mult-car consist. Many of MTHs Premier Rolling Stock offerings can also operate on the tightest O Gauge curves giving them even more added versatitlity to your layout.

Its key features are:
Intricately detailed durable ABS body
Metal wheels and axles
Die-cast 4-wheel trucks
Operating die-cast metal couplers
O scale Kadee compatible coupler mounting pads
Colorful, attractive paint schemes
Fast-angle wheel sets
Needle-point axles
1:48 scale dimensions
Five removable coil loads
Unit measures: 14 5/8 x 2 5/8 x 3 15/16
Operates on O-31 curves

Condition: Factory New (C-9)
Operational Status: Functional
Original Box: Yes (P-9)

Manufacturer: MTH
Model Number: 20-98927
Road Name: Detroit Toledo & Ironton (DTI)

Scale/Era: O Modern
Model Type: Freight Cars

The Trainz SKU for this item is P11964824.

Trainz Product Id: 11964824