HO 52' Mill Gondola (ATH-1985)

HO-scale 52-foot Mill Gondola is a faithful open-top freight model designed to carry bulky loads—think coil steel or scrap metal—often moved by cranes at mills. Open-top gondolas have long been a backbone of railroading, and this rendition captures that practical, work-ready look for realistic layout scenes.

Ready to run on HO layouts, the gondola comes fully assembled with body-mounted scale knuckle couplers, separately applied wire grab irons, and 33-inch nickel-silver wheels with RP25 contours for smooth operation on most track brands. It’s weighted for stable pulling and finished with razor-sharp painting and printing. Multi-packs offer unique road numbers to diversify a fleet, and the model is designed to perform on layouts with minimum radii as small as 18 inches. Refinements such as molded end sheets, refined rivet and bolt details, corrected grab-iron placements, updated top-chord details, jack reinforcement pad details, and coupler cut-lever mounting details contribute to an authentic, well-detailed appearance.