Product Description
Announced Date:
June 2022
Released Date:
May 2023
Individually Boxed:
No - 2 to a case
Road Name: Monon
Road numbers: 3558
Product Line: Premier
Scale: O Scale
Formerly 20-956CIL
Features:
Intricately Detailed Durable ABS Body
Metal Wheels and Axles
Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks
Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers
O Scale Kadeer Compatible Coupler Mounting Pads
Colorful, Attractive Paint Schemes
Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
Needle-Point Axles
1:48 Scale Dimensions
Removeable Junk Load
Unit Measures: 14 5/8 x 2 5/8 x 3 15/16"
Operates On O-31 Curves
Overview:
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. Our car replicates a 52' mill gondola, so-called for its popularity with steel mills, and carries a removable load of scrap metal that might be recycled and used to stamp parts for autos, appliances, and a variety of other products.
Free shipping. Usually ships within 2 days. 
