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This car was a catalog design from
this famous Chicago based builder of rolling stock,
used by the Q&TL, with
similar cars found on the EBT, and across the C&NW narrow gauge system.
Any where there was ore,
stone, or coal these
bottom dumping cars could be found in service.
Our
model is based on surviving cars of the Quincy and Torch Lake Railroad
in Hancock, Mi.
Cars of this type were not
restricted to the Keweenaw, and could be found all over in any ore or
coal service.
Our model shows the car with ratcheting
door releases, but without airbrakes. This product features Kadee®
Quality Products wheelsets and couplers. The couplers are mounted
on a shim which allows easy conversion to the On3 Coupler height if
desired. The car's coupled length of 24 feet was designed
to line up with the standard hatch spacing still in use on Great Lakes
freighters.
Nothing
looks more purposeful than a string of ore cars
rolling
behind a locomotive heading
to or away from a mine shaft.
The bottom
dumping nature of this car means no more shoveling for your O scale
employee’s!
This car measures 5.925 Inches long, 1.830 Inches wide, and
1.872 Inches to the top of the brakeman's platform. Its Tare
Weight is 3 ounces.
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