PROTOTYPE INFORMATION:

The North American Car Corporation designed and built these unique 8000 gallon “Beer Can” tank cars specifically for transporting smaller batches of various liquid commodities. Some customers couldn’t handle or didn’t need large shipments of the product. Several leasing companies rostered this car. These short, eye-catching models, were seen all throughout the late 1960’s-1990’s in assigned service.

MODEL FEATURES:

• Three road numbers
• Separate manway and vent
• Photo-etched metal platforms
• Wireform end and platform railings 
• Separately applied ladders with bracing
• Separately applied brake gear including air reservoir and brake wheel
• Full underside detail including outlet
• Fully assembled
• Perfect for small home layouts
• Accurately painted and printed 
• Highly detailed, injection molded body
• Weighted for trouble free operation
• Ready-To-Roll 100-ton roller bearing or Bettendorf trucks per prototype
• Machined metal wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
• Body mounted McHenry® operating AAR upper and lower shelf scale knuckle couplers
• Window packaging for easy viewing plus interior plastic blister safely holds the model for convenient storage
• Minimum radius: 18"