I'm trying to figure the actual prototype for what appears to be an AAR class GB gondola of 42' overall length, as represented by the older German-made Pola Max gondola, shown below.
The best I can come up with is a USRA type that was never built. Can anyone help shed light on this?
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Pola also cranked them out for AHM in HO and Atlas in N.
Looks like the IC had something close:
Rusty
I'm aware some have said it's an AAR GS, however there's no drop bottom. Hence the GB designation?
Probably it is an arbitrary model, like the AHM Pola boxcars with the bizarre reversed dreadnaught ends. I seriously doubt that the original purchasers of this very inexpensive 2 rail scale equipment had much concern about fidelity to anything real. I imagine most of them sold on the European market.
WHY ELSE the straaaaange couplers? -Salty Rails-
Kelly, I was trying to determine whether the model was anything close to a prototype. I appreciate the help.
Everything I have found to date suggests your example of a drop bottom car.
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