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New Rapido 52' 6" Mill Gondola

geodyssey <riverob@...>
 

Rapido is producing a Canadian (National Steel Car & Eastern Car Company) mill gon. Nice looking model:
http://www.rapidotrains.com/rapidonewscurrent.html#anchor2

Is this model accurate for, or very close to, any gons owned by a US railroad?

Thanks,
Robert Simpson

Bill Schneider
 

Robert,

Jumping in a bit late here, but... in a word... no. However, the majority of the cars were in general service and traveled widely. We have several photos from Bob's, etc. taken in various locations throughout the US.

Bill Schneider
Rapido Trains

--- In STMFC@..., "geodyssey" <riverob@...> wrote:

Rapido is producing a Canadian (National Steel Car & Eastern Car Company) mill gon. Nice looking model:
http://www.rapidotrains.com/rapidonewscurrent.html#anchor2

Is this model accurate for, or very close to, any gons owned by a US railroad?

Thanks,
Robert Simpson

Chris Barkan
 

Reviving this 10-year old thread.  The following description is from the Rapido website regarding their 53'6" mill gon.

"These cars and others almost identical to them were built in large numbers by National Steel Car (Hamilton) and Eastern Car Company (Trenton)."

Does anybody know what they mean by "and others almost identical to them" means?  What I want to know, are the Rapido CN & CP models correct for those roads, or is it "almost identical" for these roads?

Thanks!  Chris
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Chris Barkan
Champaign, IL

Tim O'Connor
 


Completely accurate for CN and CP. Nice models.


On 2/8/2023 1:57 PM, Chris Barkan wrote:

Reviving this 10-year old thread.  The following description is from the Rapido website regarding their 53'6" mill gon.
"These cars and others almost identical to them were built in large numbers by National Steel Car (Hamilton) and Eastern Car Company (Trenton)."

Does anybody know what they mean by "and others almost identical to them" means?  What I want to know, are the Rapido CN & CP models correct for those roads, or is it "almost identical" for these roads?

Thanks!  Chris

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Tim O'Connor
Sterling, Massachusetts

Chris Barkan
 

Thanks for your prompt reply Tim, I just ordered a CN version from Lombard Hobbies.  They have both CN & CP in their "delivery scheme" on sale now for $29.99 in case anyone else is interested.
https://lombardhobby.com/search/searchresults/?search_query=rapido+mill+gondola#?keywords=rapido+mill+gondola&search_return=all&res_per_page=36
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Chris Barkan
Champaign, IL

Andy Carlson
 

Please be notified that these Z-bar 52' Canadian gondolas were built in large numbers of 4'0" IH and 3'6" IH and Rapido has just done one height. The two Canadian RR's each favored a different height though around 500 of the other height cars were purchased to make a single height car correct for both RR's. I forget who had the more talls and who had the more shorts. John Riddell certainly knows. TH&B, Algoma Central(?) and the PGE (BCR) had similar cars but check the heights before purchase and the fixed ends.
-Andy Carlson
Ojai CA

On Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at 01:34:00 PM PST, Chris Barkan <cplbarkan@...> wrote:


Thanks for your prompt reply Tim, I just ordered a CN version from Lombard Hobbies.  They have both CN & CP in their "delivery scheme" on sale now for $29.99 in case anyone else is interested.
https://lombardhobby.com/search/searchresults/?search_query=rapido+mill+gondola#?keywords=rapido+mill+gondola&search_return=all&res_per_page=36
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Chris Barkan

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