A staple of modern liquids transport, the tank car is an essential part of every railroads rolling stock. Also run, by numerous private operators, there are many types in use today. These 30 foot, 8,000 gallon cars are smaller than most other tank cars today, but fill an important niche for chemical transport. They first entered service decades ago, but continue in use today.

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
• McHenry AAR upper and lower shelf couplers
• Radius: 18"
• Fully-assembled and ready to run out of the box
• Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
• Separate wireform grab irons, etched metal coupler platforms, and/or etched metal roofwalks on select models
• Separately applied brake wheel
• Painted and printed for realistic appearance
• Multiple road numbers
• Machined metal wheels
• Weighted for trouble free operation
• Wheels with RP25 contours operate on Code 75, 83, 100 rail
• Body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers