MTH 30-72118 Lehigh Valley Gondola with Junk Load – Your Source for Gaming Essentials* Trains

Description

This is MTH 30-72118 LV Gondola car with junk load, Lehigh Valley. Number: 34598. On its customer Web site, the Union Pacific Railroad characterizes a gondola as an extremely sturdy open design for carrying rugged unfinished commodities; its large flat interior design with side walls is described as more flexible than a flat car. These qualities make the modern gondola particularly popular with the steel industry, for transportation of loose materials like scrap metal, waste, coke, and slag as well as finished products like iron or steel plate, pipe, structural steel, and rails for railroad track. Other commodities commonly shipped in these versatile cars include mineral ores, granite slabs, gravel, logs, lumber, railroad ties, and even prefabricated railroad track, also known as panel track.

The name for these cars actually predates railroads. In the early 1800s, utilitarian flat-bottomed boats with low sides, used to transport coal down the Potomac River to the Washington D.C. area, were called gondolas as a spoof on the much fancier Venetian gondolas. Similarly shaped coal-carrying cars on early railroads earned the same moniker. As more specialized cars were invented for coal service, the gondola evolved into the general-purpose car it is today.

High quality, traditionally sized RailKing Freight Cars provide detailed bodies and colorful paint schemes for the O Gauge railroader. MTH makes an enormous variety of RailKing Freight Cars, including many different car types and roadnames. No matter what era or part of the country you are modeling, RailKing is sure to have something for you.

Its key features are:
Intricately detailed durable ABS body
Metal wheels and axles
Die-cast 4-wheel trucks
Operating die-cast metal couplers
Colorful, attractive paint schemes
Decorative brake wheels
Fast-angle wheel sets
Needle-point axles
Removable junk load
Unit measures: 11 7/8 x 2 3/16 x 1 11/16
Operates on O-27 curves

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

Manufacturer: MTH
Model Number: 30-72118
Road Name: Lehigh Valley (LV/LVC)

Scale/Era: O Modern
Model Type: Freight Cars

The Trainz SKU for this item is P11977002.

Trainz Product Id: 11977002