HO NSC 6000 Gondola with Load (ATHG78602)

HO-scale NSC 6000 Gondola with Load is a modern freight car designed for HO layouts, representing National Steel Car’s 6,000-cubic-foot capacity gondolas. This detailed model, part of the Athearn Genesis lineup, adds scale heft and realism to a roster and includes a removable scrap load for swapping configurations to match different scenes or eras.

Designed for reliable operation, it features metal grab irons, etched crossover platforms, and accurate brake piping in metal and plastic components, plus newly-tooled Barber S-2-E 100-ton trucks with animated bearing caps and printed road numbers. The car is weighted to NMRA standards for dependable performance on typical HO layouts, uses body-mounted McHenry lower-shelf couplers for a clean, prototypical silhouette, and is sized to run on layouts with minimum radii of 22 inches (24 inches recommended) for smooth operation.