Athearn - N Scale - GSC 53 ft Bulkhead Flat - British Columbia Railway (BCOL) # 17734 - Green (SKU 140-24306)
Available On: December 1, 2020
Prototype and Background Information:
General Steel Castings was what the company was founded as in 1928. the car body of the prototype GSC flat is a cast, single piece of solid steel. The eight foot 6 inch bulkheads were designed to drop down into the body of the car to create a strong union. This design became popular with many different railroads and can still be seen in MOW service today.
MODEL FEATURES:
- All models are representative of prototypical paint schemes
- 50-ton Bettendorf or 70-ton Roller Bearing trucks with 33” wheels per prototype
- Fully-assembled and ready to run out of the box
- Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
- Separately applied brake wheel
- Machined metal wheels
- Weighted for trouble free operation
- Screw mounted trucks for accurate tracking
- McHenry knuckle couplers installed
- Packed in a jewel case
- Minimum radius: 9 ¾”
MODEL FEATURES:
- All models are representative of prototypical paint schemes
- 50-ton Bettendorf or 70-ton Roller Bearing trucks with 33” wheels per prototype
- Fully-assembled and ready to run out of the box
- Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
- Separately applied brake wheel
- Machined metal wheels
- Weighted for trouble free operation
- Screw mounted trucks for accurate tracking
- McHenry knuckle couplers installed
- Packed in a jewel case
- Minimum radius: 9 ¾
$31.98 US