G4 40 foot GS drop bottom gondola, Mineral Red

G4 40 foot GS drop bottom gondola, Mineral RedHO scale, with trucks and magnetic couplers. Six car numbers available. All steel drop bottom gondolas, like this InterMountain model, with doors hinged at the center and discharging their load outside the rails, were introduced by Pressed Steel Car Company in 1906. By 1910 the basic design had evolved to the 40 foot inside length with sixteen drop doors that would characterize such cars for decades. This design, known as General Service. was ARA AAR

See Reference Sheet 146

shows commodities in double door box cars included: Aluminum Ingots

Cloud in 1948

Rocky’s Rail fills that void

40’ 6” inside length box cars by InterMountain are numbered in series 10900 to 11874

when the Great Northern bought it and operated it until the BN merger of 1970

the schedule called for them to meet in the very early morning hours in Fargo

With demand for its large fleet of ice refrigerator cars falling

RS-303 - Glacier Park Limited

Capacity of these cars was nominally 100

meaning that coal was elevated and then deposited in one of several bins

The capacity of these cars was nominally 100