PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:

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 through out the 1970’s-1990’s in assigned service.

MODEL FEATURES:

• 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
• Roller bearing trucks
• 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
• Weighted for optimal performance
• 18” minimum radius

PRIMED FOR GRIME MODELS FEATURE

• Duplicated look and feel of “In Service” equipment
• Faded base colors matched to the prototype
• Perfect starting point for adding grime and rust

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