Production Samples Have Arrived

The first HO Scale production samples of our long-anticipated 4000 cu. ft.  Gondola have arrived from our factory.

These samples give us our first opportunity to inspect the model and tooling as we move closer to production of the decorated versions.

North American Railcar Corporation is reintroducing the 4000 cu. ft. gondola in HO Scale. These rugged 100-ton workhorses hauled coal across Western Canada from the 1970s through to the present day.

Truly Canadian, these gondolas were built by multiple Canadian manufacturers and featured subtle variations throughout their production. Our model will be offered in five distinct prototype variations, capturing those differences in the finished models.

The finished models will be available in a wide range of road names and will feature accurate body details, detailed underframes, and semi-scale metal wheels.

A Note About These Samples

The samples shown here are undecorated inspection samples and do not yet represent every detail of the finished production models.

In particular, these samples are not fitted with our 0.088" tread wheels. The decorated production models will include the proper 0.088" tread wheels, and this has already been noted with the factory.

We are now reviewing these samples and will continue working with the factory as we move toward the decorated production samples.

More updates will follow as we get closer to production.

Expected Delivery: December 2026

Model Features

• High Preformance low friction NARCorp trucks
• Metal NARCorp semi-scale wheels - narrow tread (wide tread available)
• 3 different bolster plates
• Flat or sloped brake lines (dependant on version)
• Body mounted # 58 Kadee couplers
• Coal, Sulphur, Tie and Scrap loads (sold separately)
• Metal grab irons, brake stands and brake lines
• 4 different end styles with and without gussets
• 2 Double rotary marked cars each CN & BC Rail
• Multiple road numbers available
• Limited run of only 50 cars per road number