Tangent Scale Models - HO Scale - “Delivery G43A 2-1968” Gondola - Penn Central (PC) #576104 - Green/White With White Lettering (SKU 20009-17018-10)
Available On: December 1, 2021
The Pennsylvania Railroad and merger successor Penn Central built a total of 3,750 G43 / G43A / G43B / G43C gondolas at the Sam Rea Shops in Hollidaysburg PA from 1966 to 1970, the largest gondola fleet built by Sam Rea or any carbuilding shop in the 1960s. In other words, these cars are highly relevant! The G43 gondolas were a modern fleet of 100-ton mill gondolas with 52’6” interior length, with different design configurations for various customer applications. The G43 fleet was built to replace older gondolas with a rugged design suitable for mill (steel products), scrap, and aggregate services. Additionally, many were modified during the Conrail era with coil “racks” to transport uncovered steel coils. Many served NS and CSXT in the post-Conrail era in various services including coil service, as well as other revenue and MOW services. Some cars were sold to the secondary market with leasing firm reporting marks.
All of the G43 series gondolas are easily identified by their side corrugations. The similarities end there; each of the G43 sub-classes are visually distinctive from one another. The PRR G43 and early PC G43A cars have corrugations in every panel on the side of the car, and they have dreadnaught ends.
With more than 3,750 prototypes placed into service which saw nationwide service hauling many commodities, the Tangent Scale Models HO-scale replica is a perfect addition to your layout or collection. The Tangent Scale Models PRR/PC Shops G43 Class Corrugated Side Gondola model is a state of the art, dimensionally-accurate scale replica that was tooled to Penn Central plans and verified with field measurements. Our model comes with highly accurate “true-to-life” colors and “hyper-accurate” lettering including exact stenciling, fonts, and lettering placement. Our PRR/PC Shops G43 Class Corrugated Side Gondola system of models offers three detail variations and phases to replicate the many different PRR/PC Shops offerings. A quick synopsis of our era- and railroad-specific detail variations include:
Features for our RTR replicas include:
PC “Delivery G43A 2-1968” in the original Penn Central green paint scheme, and a PC version we have not yet offered! These gorgeous models have 2 placards in place for the PC reporting marks, road numbers, and ACI label on the left side of the car. On the right side is an additional placard that includes a PC logo and Penn Central lettering. These placards are utilized on this class of PC car since these cars have side corrugations on each panel, where they knew that putting paint on the corrugations would not last very long! These cars have corrugated ends, and the Tangent replica includes oxide red car interiors – on the interior walls and ends – like the prototype. We even duplicated the slight green overspray on the inside end corners! The 100-Ton trucks feature accurate rotating “Timken” caps.
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