Rapido 163014A | 40' Drop-Bottom Gondola - Illinois Central Single Car | HO Scale

Rapido's HO scale 40 foot drop-bottom gondola in Illinois Central, Boxcar Red and white, Mid-America slogan. This listing is the single car, so you get one car ready to run.

Drop-bottom gondolas earned their keep hauling ballast, ore, coal, sand and pulpwood, unloading through hopper doors in the floor rather than needing a tipple. Thousands ran on North American railroads from the 1930s well into the 1970s, and plenty finished their careers in maintenance of way service.

Specifications

Features

• Ready to run, no assembly required
• Finely moulded drop-bottom gondola body with separate detail parts
• Prototypical Illinois Central paint and lettering: Boxcar Red and white, Mid-America slogan
• Sold individually, so you can add a single car to an existing consist
• Free-rolling metal wheelsets and knuckle couplers
• Scale: HO (1:87)

More in This Series

Other road names and schemes we stock from the same Rapido drop-bottom gondola run:

• Northern Pacific Single Car — Rapido 163006A
• Burlington Northern Single Car — Rapido 163011A
• Chicago & North Western Single Car — Rapido 163012A
• New Haven Single Car — Rapido 163015A
• Soo Line Single Car — Rapido 163016A

Frequently Asked Questions

How many cars come in this listing?
One car. Buy several if you want a string of them.

What did these cars carry?
Ballast, ore, coal, sand and pulpwood mostly. The doors in the floor let a load drop straight out between the rails.

Does it need couplers or wheels fitted?
No, it is ready to run with couplers and metal wheelsets already installed.

What scale is this?
HO scale (1:87).

How long does a special order take?
Typically 7 days. We order it in the moment you check out and ship it the day it reaches us.

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