Tangent - HO Scale - GATC 6000 Gal 3 Compartment Tank Car - Champlin Refining Company (HHCX) #5034 - White/ Black Red (SKU 20009-11516-02)
Available On: August 1, 2014
General American 6000 Gal. 3 Comp. Tank Car
HHCX (Champlin Refining Company, Enid OK) in the striking white scheme painted in 1952 with Enid OK proudly painted on the tank body. These cars were repainted into a very attractive black and white paint scheme, with sharp dark blue and black lettering and a distinctive red and white logo. This very attractive car is available in three road numbers.
SKU: 11516-01 - #5027
SKU: 11516-02 - #5034
SKU: 11516-03 - #5040
Product: General American 6000 Gal. 3 Comp. Tank Car
Scale: HO Scale 1:87.1
Truck: Tangent 50-ton ASF Cast Steel Spring Plank
Wheels: CNC-Machined 33″ Wheels
General American produced the 3-compartment 6000 gallon tank car on the “Type 30” riveted underframe from 1928 to 1942. While General American constructed many different tank designs, one of the more common derivations was this 6000 gallon car. The three compartment design allowed consignees to receive up to three different grades of products, such as oils or chemicals. This was important in manufacturing facilities for example, where multiple lubricating oil types could be received in smaller quantities, but within one car. Chemical shippers also gravitated to these cars to ship different products to a common receiver. Because many of these products were purchased by consignees in various grades, multi-compartment cars were necessary.
Example commodities these multi-compartment cars hauled:
•Linseed oil
•Silicate of Soda (made with caustic soda and sand) sometimes referred to as sodium silicate.
•Printing ink
•Lubricating Oil
•Motor Oil
•Gasoline
•Tallow
•Varnishes
•Acids
•Solvents
•Alcohols
•Acetates
•Vegetable Oils
These tank cars were extremely long lived, lasting well into the 1970s and 1980s with virtually no modifications. The Tangent Scale Models GA tank car is a visually distinctive model that includes different brake hardware accurate for each paint scheme. Also, note our “true-to-life” colors and “hyper-accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement. Finally, our scale replicas operate as well as they look, equipped with free-rolling all-metal wheels inside our Tangent “spring plank” truck and Kadee® scale couplers. Our models are truly ready to run.
Features for these awesome replicas include: