Tangent Scale Models - HO Scale - General American 1928-Design 6000 Gallon 3-Compartment Tank Car - Pittsburg Coke & Chemical (GATX) #1424 - “Pittsburg Coke & Chemical” 1952+ (Modeling Dates: 1952-1972) - Silver/Black with Red/White Lettering (SKU 20009-11523-02)
Available On: April 1, 2024
General American produced the 6000 Gallon 3-Compartment tank car on the “Type 30” riveted underframe from 1928 to 1942 at General American’s Sharon PA factory. While General American constructed many different tank designs, this 6,000 Gallon, 3-Compartment car was a memorable design that was leased by multiple shippers. The 3-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. Additionally, some shippers utilized “split waybills” so that 1-2 compartments of the car could be unloaded at one customer, and the balance 1-2 compartments could be unloaded at a second customer located at a different location, usually in a different city or town.
Example commodities these multi-compartment cars hauled:
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 Tangent Scale Models “true-to-life” colors and “hyper-accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement. Finally, Tangent Scale Models scale replicas operate as well as they look, equipped with free-rolling all-metal wheels inside their Tangent “spring plank” truck and Kadee scale couplers. Tangent Scale Models models are truly ready to run.
Features for Tangent Scale Models General American 1928-Design 6000 Gallon 3-Compartment Tank Car replicas include:
– GATX Pittsburgh Coke & Chemical 1952+ shows a colorful repaint for a Pittsburgh-based shipper. Located on Neville Island, an island located on the Ohio River West of Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh Coke and Chemical produced coal-based granular activated carbon for use in military protection masks and water treatment purposes. These cars had tanks that were painted silver with black bottoms, but the kicker was the stenciling color – which was red to match the company standard. These models are sharp.
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