Athearn RND82119 - HO 50ft Covered Gondola - Southern #2209

HO 50ft Covered Gondola - Southern #2209 MODEL FEATURES: - 70-ton Roller Bearing trucks - Removable cover - Separately-applied brake wheel - Weighted for optimum performance - 33 inch machined metal wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track - Body-mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers - Fully-assembled and ready to run out of the box - Highly-detailed, injection-molded body - Painted and printed for realistic decoration - Minimum radius: 18 inch PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO: Gondolas are low-sided railroad cars that are used for hauling bulky loads that don not need protection from the weather. The Roundhouse 50ft gondola is representative of larger cars that began appearing on the rails in the early 1950s, and many survive today working for modern roads and contractors.