Product Title: Atlas 3001874-1 GATX (ESSEX CHEMICAL) 40' MODERN TANK CAR PREMIER BLACK #18972 limited O Scale

Manufacturer: Atlas

Scale: O

Condition: Item Condition: C-10, Box Condition P-10

Operational Status: This item is assumed to be fully operational according to the manufacturer's specifications.

TCA Condition/Grading Standards: C-10: Mint—Brand New: all original; unused and unblemished.

TCA Box Grading Standards: P-10: Mint—Brand New: Complete and all original as manufactured and unused.

Photos: Stock

Manufacturer Information:

Features

• Intricately Detailed Durable ABS Body
  
• Metal Wheels and Axles
  
• Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks
  
• Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers
  
• Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
  
• Needle-Point Axles
  
• 1:48 Scale Dimensions
  
• Operates On O-31 Curves

Prototype Info

Stub sill tank cars began entering service in the mid 1960s, replacing the aging full center sill tank car design. The stub sill design is easily recognizable as it has no solid underframe spanning the length of the car, instead the bolsters are attached directly to the tank. The stub sill design is often referred to as the modern tank car design because from the 1970s onward majority of general-purpose tank cars were constructed with stub sill design. Our model represents cars built from the mid 1960s and still in service today. A wide variety of products can be transported in this size and type of tank car. This includes asphalt, ethanol, fuel oil, metal sodium, molten phenol, paraffin wax, tallow, urethane polyol, and vegetable oil.

About Atlas O Premier Rolling Stock

Atlas O Premier Rolling Stock is prototypically accurate and includes a wide array of car types, from box cars, to passenger cars to cabooses. In addition to being intricately detailed, Atlas O Premier Rolling Stock features crisp painting and lettering, perfectly recreating the colorful paint schemes found on their real-world counterparts. Atlas O Premier Rolling Stock is ready to run right out of the box, so you can go straight from the hobby store to using the model in your fleet.

About Atlas Model Railroad Company

The primary mission of Atlas is to produce and offer to the public, multiple scale lines of high quality, model railroad products based on prototype information. Atlas philosophy is based on a dedicated commitment to prototype research, design and construction. The desired and demanded goal is to create, market and distribute durable operational scale models utilizing the full range of exacting detail which accurately depicts life-sized objects, while providing exceptional service to our customers. In 1999, Atlas O was founded so that the hallmark of Atlas products in HO & N could be offered to O scale modelers. Since then, the product line has expanded to include a vast library of track pieces, accessories, as well as rolling stock and locomotives.

By keeping up the high standards set by Steve Schaffan those many years ago, Atlas will remain a leader in innovation and technology in the model railroading industry for years to come. Although many things have changed since our incorporation in 1949, we follow the tradition and values of our founders. As we have for the last 50 years, we will continue to produce quality, precision products for the model railroad enthusiast.