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Uncataloged Premier O Scale Delaware & Hudson Gondola Cars with Cover Announced
February 15, 2022 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has announced an exclusive Premier O Scale Gondola Cars with Cover in distinctive D&H Breast Cancer livery for M.T.H. Authorized Retailer E-Z Catch Train Shop of Staten Island, New York. The gondola will be offered in two different car numbers and available in very limited quantities on a first-come, first-served basis beginning in April 2022. Item No. 20-95548 Delaware & Hudson Gondola Car w/Cover Item No. 20-95549 Delaware & Hudson Gondola Car w/Cover ABOUT THE GONDOLA CAR WITH COVER 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 sidewalls" is described as "more flexible than a flatcar." 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 VIA EMAIL OR PHONE FROM: E-Z Catch Train Shop |
M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing the RailKing O Gauge Extended Vision Caboose in five select liveries in 2022. Each of these unique schemes will be available in limited production quantities and will begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in April 2022. Check out each of these offerings HERE. Each can be ordered via the M.T.H. Dealer Portal by selecting the All MTH Order Forms link and then proceeding to the 2022 Uncataloged Catalog form while indirect accounts should see their favorite M.T.H. Authorized Distributor. The order deadline is February 16, 2022.
M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing the RailKing O Gauge Modern Reefer Car in four select liveries in 2022. Each of these unique schemes will be available in limited production quantities and will begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in June 2022. Check out each of these offerings HERE. Each can be ordered via the M.T.H. Dealer Portal by selecting the All MTH Order Forms link and then proceeding to the 2022 Uncataloged Catalog form while indirect accounts should see their favorite M.T.H. Authorized Distributor. The order deadline is February 23, 2022. | ||||||
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