The 52-6 welded 70-ton drop-end gondola car as produced by ACF is the third all-new model in our HO scale product line. First produced in 1948 for Pennsylvania Railroad as class G31, PRR alone purchased 11,600 welded cars of this body style in the G31/G31A/G31B/G35, serving the “Standard Railroad of the World” in every corner of North America in many customer applications.

Besides PRR, several other railroads also purchased these gondolas from ACF, and some former PRR cars were purchased second-hand by various railroads. Most of these gondolas were phased from revenue service during the 1990s.

Allagash is a modern example of a high-quality proto-freelanced model railroad. The brainchild of modeler Mike Confalone, the Allagash is a regional carrier based in west-central and northern Maine in the mid-1980s. Mike’s layout has been featured prominently in Model Railroad Hobbyist Magazine and Model Railroad Planning. Tangent’s first car representing a proto-freelance railroad means that you can have Allagash run-through cars on your layout too.

Features:

• Dimensional accuracy – scaled from American Car and Foundry plans
• Accurate painting and printing
• Scale-sized side tie-downs
• See through tie down holes
• “Stand-off” ladders
• Wire grab irons and coupler lift bars
• See-through brake platforms
• Interior detail
• Road-specific handbrakes applied to match production specifications (Universal and Equipco handbrakes available as separate parts.)
• Air hoses
• Weighted to NMRA specs for smooth operation
• Kadee scale metal couplers
• 70-ton ASF A-3 Ride-Control trucks with free-rolling metal wheels – semi-scale wheels are available separately as well