MRH Product Showcase - 1
Over the next 10 pages, MRH presents a special product showcase
of North American Railcar Corporation’s 4000 cubic foot coal and
sulphur gondolas. These click-n-spins are all of the same HO scale
gondola family, exhibiting their variations available in both
HO and
N scale
. Norm Skretting covered the story of these cars in the April
2013 issue of
Model Railroad Hobbyist
:
NARC: BCOL/BCNE 4000 cubic-foot coal gondola
The 4000 cu ft. gondola was the preferred car style of CN for trans-
porting coal to either the west coast ports for export or to ports
on Lake Superior (Thunder Bay, Marmion Lake) for use by Ontario
Hydro. These cars could carry a cargo of 100 tons with a little
room for overloads. When the maximum capacity was increased
to 286,000 lbs, all cars had the load limit increased by 23,000 lbs.
NARC: CN (ex-Procor) 4000 cubic-foot coal gondola
Available in HO and N scale
MRH-May 2014
