248 of these signature cars were built between 1965
and 1968 in the Pennsylvania's Sam Rea shops in Hollidaysburg,
Pennsylvania. They continued to be used by Penn Central and Conrail
with a few surviving the Conrail split to serve Norfolk Southern and CSX. These cars were
among the first dedicated coil steel cars built in the US, and up
until recent times, were unique in their short length. The car uses a
Pullman-Standard 60" travel cushion underframe to protect the coils from damage.
The car's distinctive hoods have angled corners to help with
alignment when covering the load. They are designed to carry coils up
to 84" in diameter arranged perpendicular to the length of the
car seated between the triangular trough peaks.
G41A End Detail
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This
kit is composed of a single piece body, separate underframe and
various cast detail parts. The kit will include correct 125T trucks
with 38" semi-scale wheelsets. Other features of this kit are
etched metal details, decals and coupler pockets that will accept scale head
Kadee #78 couplers. As with our other kits, the G41A will
include extensive full color instructions and prototype history
document with detail photos on a mini CD-ROM.
Price with Hoods: $46.95 Price without Hoods: $44.95
