MTH 20-96240 O Gauge GATX 8K Gallon Tank Car #21680 – Your Source for Gaming Essentials* Trains

Description

This is an MTH 20-96240 O Gauge GATX 8K Gallon Tank Car #21680 (different road number shown in stock photo). For most of the steam and early diesel eras, tank cars followed a standard design: an 8,000-11,000 gallon tank perched on a flatcar-like underframe. Beginning in the mid-1950s, however, a new design took hold: the tank itself became the structural backbone of the car, eliminating the need for a full-length underframe and making bigger tank diameters possible.

But not every shipper needed the much larger capacities that the new tank cars offered. Hence the advent of these beer can tank cars in the mid-1960s, with capacities similar to pre-war tankers. They proved ideal for customers who didnt want larger shipments, and also for transporting a wide variety of heavier, denser liquids including industrial acids and foodstuffs. For modelers, theyre an ideal counterpoint to longer cars in a modern freight train.

MTH Premier O Scale freight cars are the perfect complement to any manufacturers scale proportioned O Gauge locomotives. Whether you prefer to purchase cars separately or assemble a unit train, MTH Premier Rolling Stock has the cars for you in a variety of car types and paint schemes.

Virtually every sturdy car is offered in two car numbers which makes it even easier than ever to combine them into a mult-car consist. Many of MTHs Premier Rolling Stock offerings can also operate on the tightest O Gauge curves giving them even more added versatitlity to your layout.

Its key features are:
Intricately detailed durable ABS body
Metal wheels and axles
Die-cast 4-wheel trucks
Operating die-cast metal couplers
O scale Kadee compatible coupler mounting pads
Colorful, attractive paint schemes
Fast-angle wheel sets
Needle-point axles
1:48 scale dimensions
Separate metal handrails
Unit measures: 9 1/16 x 2 3/4 x 3 7/8
Operates on O-27 curves

Condition: Factory New (C-9)
Operational Status: Functional
Original Box: Yes (P-9)

Manufacturer: MTH
Model Number: 20-96240
Road Name: GATX Corporation

Scale/Era: O Modern
Model Type: Freight Cars

The Trainz SKU for this item is P11980076.

Trainz Product Id: 11980076