PROTO 2000                                52' 6" DROP END MILL GONDOLA

HO GAUGE                                  PACIFIC GREAT EASTERN

NEW IN ORIGINAL BOX             PLASTIC KIT

ASSEMBLY REQUIRED

This style of steel mill gondola was first designed and built by the Greenville Steel Car Co. in

1940 for the Erie Railroad.  The gondola has a 70 ton capacity with a 52' 6" bed.  Its innovative

design includes drop ends which allow for even longer cargo.  When carrying longer loads it

usually traveled with a flat car at each end.  The flat cars served as "spacers" to allow room for

the extended cargo.  This gondola could carry just about any kind of load, from structual steel to

lumber and even coal.

This versatile "Greenville-design" car quickly grew in popularity.  After World War II, numerous

railroads purchased Greenville-style mill gondolas and this design became the unofficial industry

standard for more than 20 years.  Whether in original or modified form, many of these cars lasted

into the 1970's and some were even in revenue service as late as the early 1980's.

Features on the PROTO 2000 Drop End Mill Gondola include:

Dreanaught ends -- two styles (can be positioned up or down)

Handbrakes -- 2 styles (wheel and lever)

Non-magnetic blackened metal wheels

AAR standard underframes with AB brake system

Universal coupler pockets -- X2F supplied -- Kadee compatible

Stake/Tiedown details on interior sidewalls

I would like to thank Life Like Products and their successors for making the above information

available.

This model kit was only marketed in Canada.