G4 40 foot GS drop bottom gondola, Mineral Red Car Number:75611 ’ In fact

’ In fact

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This car is the only Great Northern 40 foot drop bottom gondola available

the NP to the west

G4 40 foot GS drop bottom gondola, Mineral Red Car Number:75611 ’ In factHO 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