N NSC 6400 Gondola with Load (ATHGN12578)

NSC 6,400-Cubic-Foot Gondola with Load is a highly detailed scale freight car built for modern model railroading, offering a faithful representation of National Steel Car's 6,400 cubic-foot gondolas with a removable scrap load for realistic yard and mainline scenes.

The model includes separately applied metal grab irons, etched crossover platforms where applicable, accurate brake piping, bent wire coupler cut levers, and rubber train-line hoses, all mounted on screw-mounted 100-ton roller bearing trucks. It uses body-mounted knuckle couplers and machined metal wheels with RP25 contours, and the finish is carefully painted and printed for prototypical realism. Weighed for balanced performance, it runs on all popular track brands and requires a minimum 11-inch radius (15 inches recommended for best results). The tooling reproduces multiple top-chord and end variations, full brake rigging, grab irons, and etched crossover platforms to faithfully reproduce the prototype’s details and keep a modern freight roster looking its best.