N Thrall High Side Gondola with Load, FPPX #2 (3) (ATH3887)

This N-scale Thrall High-Side Gondola with Load is a detailed freight car replica designed for realistic coal-hauling scenes on a model railroad. Reproducing Thrall’s era of high-side gondolas from the 1960s through the 1980s, it arrives with a coal load to help create an authentic, in-service appearance on your layout.

Its features include machined metal wheels, screw-mounted 100-ton roller bearing trucks, and body-mounted McHenry scale operating knuckle couplers, along with a separately applied brake wheel for a prototypical touch. The car runs on Code 40, 55, and 80 rails, and the highly detailed injection-molded body is carefully painted to resemble the prototype. Weighted for smooth, trouble-free operation and capable of negotiating standard curves with a minimum radius of 9 3/4 inches, this model is ready to settle in on a layout. It’s also primed for grime, delivering a convincing starting point for weathering to recreate an “in-service” appearance with faded base colors and room to add rust and grime, reflective of Thrall’s coal-hauling equipment.