A.C. Gilbert Southern Pacific (SP) Animated Flat Cars
Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
A.C. Gilbert
Manufacturer ID:
971
Prototype Info
Style:
animated
Road Name:
Southern Pacific (SP)
Model Info
Gauge:
AF
Introduced:
1956
Road Number(s):
971
Product Type:
metal
Finish:
painted and lettered
Wheels:
hi-rail
Couplers:
AF
Magazine Article:
S Gaugian, May 2015, pg 15
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Notes:
This is a lumber unloading car. This car actually had three different numbers during production, in 1956 and 1957 it was the 971, sometimes found in a box numbered 25015, then from 1958 through 1960 it was the 25016, and then was produced from 1961 through 1964 with Pikemaster plastic trucks and couplers and numbered 25058, which is the most rare version. At first produced with a wire brakewheel (missing on the car in the photo), that was soon replaced with the one-piece all plastic brakewheel.
(image copyright © David Dewey; used by permission)