Samuel Rea Shops G41A coil steel gondola
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: With hoods, $58.95; without hoods, $50.95
Era: 1966+ to 2005+ (varies depending on paint scheme)
Manufacturer: Tangent Scale Models, P.O. Box 6514, Asheville, NC 28816; 828-412-3886; tangentscalemodels.com
Samuel Rea Shops G41A coil steel gondola features:
- Kadee scale couplers
- Road-specific details for each scheme, including three different trough bodies, brakewheel housing options, uncoupling lever bracket options, and two see-through crossover platform combinations
- Center-of-car cushion underframe layout and design
- Separate, factory-applied wire grab irons and uncoupling levers
- Rubber air hoses
- Metal stirrup steps
- 125-ton American Steel Foundries trucks with rotating bearing caps and separate brake beam part
- CNC-machined 38” wheels
- Banded steel coil eight-packs and hood two-packs also available as separate sale items
Road names: Conrail (1976 G41A repaint with hoods and 1997 G41A repaint without hoods [six road numbers]); Norfolk Southern (2005+ GP67 repaint without hoods); Penn Central (1973 G41A repaint with hoods); and Pennsylvania RR (1966 G41A as-delivered scheme with hoods). Twelve road numbers per scheme unless noted; also available and undecorated (PRR/PC/CR body with hoods, CR body without hoods, and NS rebuild body without hoods).
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