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