N Thrall High Side Gondola with Load, CPR #1 (3) (ATH3880)

An N-scale Thrall High-Side Gondola with Load in CPR No. 1 livery, a detailed model built to depict mid-20th‑century coal-haulage service. This car comes with a load and is intended to sit naturally in a period-accurate yard or mainline freight, providing a convincing centerpiece for vintage rail scenes.

Key features include machined metal wheels, screw-mounted 100-ton roller-bearing trucks, and body-mounted McHenry scale knuckle couplers with a separately applied brake wheel. It’s designed to run on Code 40, 55, and 80 rail, and the injection-molded, highly detailed body is weighted for smooth, trouble-free operation with a minimum curve radius of 9¾ inches. The model is primed for grime, offering an authentic in-service look with base colors faded to match the prototype and ready for weathering with grime and rust. Thrall produced high-side gondolas and rotary-dump cars for coal from the 1960s through the 1980s, reflecting a era of larger-capacity gondolas used to move bulk coal on American railways.