Atlas O 3004850 - Pabst Brewing Company - 8,000 Gallon Tank Car "Primo"

Product Description

Announced Date:

June 2021

Released Date:

June 2022

Individually Boxed:

No - 4 to a case

Road Name: Primo (Yellow/Blue/Red)

Road Number: 1901, 1963

Product Line: Atlas O Premier

Scale: O Scale

System: 3-Rail

Two road numbers are available per road name.

Features:

Intricately Detailed, Durable ABS Body 

Metal Wheels and Axles 

Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks 

Needle-Point Axles 

Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers 

Fast-Angle Wheel Sets 

O Scale Kadee-Compatible Coupler Mounting Pads 

Detailed Brake Wheel 

Separate Metal Handrails 

1:48 Scale Dimensions 

Unit Measures: 9 1/16 x 2 3/4 x 3 7/8 

Operates On O-27 Curves

Overview:

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 didn’t want larger shipments, and also for transporting a wide variety of heavier, denser liquids including industrial acids and foodstuffs. For modelers, they’re an ideal counterpoint to longer cars in a modern freight train. This run of Atlas Beer Can Tank Cars gives a quite literal representation with paint schemes representing actual beer brands.