Description
The 42-foot coil-steel car is a specialty flatcar with hood enclosures used to haul rolls of steel sheet from mills to customers. Atlas’s 1:87 HO model captures the prototype in CN’s Grand Trunk Western (GTW) livery (with CN web-address billboard lettering) as road number #187411.
Key features
- Crisp painting and lettering.
- See-through etched-metal walkways.
- Removable hood for revealing coil-load detail.
- Inside floor detail.
- Separately-applied cut-levers.
- Roller-bearing trucks with free-rolling metal wheels.
- Body-mount magnetic knuckle couplers.
How to use
- HO Code 83 or Code 100 track; minimum radius 22″.
- Pair with companion road numbers #187441, #187482, and #187526 (20007454-56) for a matched four-car CN/GTW set.
- Run as a unit coil-steel train alongside Atlas Thrall gondolas for a modern steel-mill consist.
Specifications
- Scale: HO (1:87)
- Prototype: 42′ coil-steel car
- Railroad: Canadian National — Grand Trunk Western (GTW) lease, CN web-address billboard
- Road Number: #187411
- Brand: Atlas
- Item Number: 20007453