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68-foot Railgon gondola from Walthers

By Nastassia Putz | July 11, 2022

HO scale Mainline model available in September 2022

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68-foot Railgon gondola

Scale: HO (1:87.1)

Price: $31.98 (undecorated, $29.98)

Era: 2010 to present

Manufacturer: Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218, 414-527-0770, walthers.com

black with yellow gondola
68-foot Railgon gondola from Walthers.

68-foot Railgon gondola features:

  • See-through square load tie-downs along top chord
  • 17-exterior post sidewalls
  • Straight sill
  • Detailed brake gear
  • 100-ton trucks
  • 36” turned-metal RP-25 wheels
  • Proto-Max metal couplers

Road names: Railgon (black and yellow with GNTX reporting marks in eight road numbers), BNSF Ry. (black with post-2005 herald), Canadian Pacific (red with “Canadian Pacific Railway” lettering), CSX Transportation (gray and yellow), and Union Pacific (black with Chicago Heights Terminal Transfer reporting marks). Also available undecorated. Four numbers per scheme unless noted.

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