Undecorated Steel-sided, Fishbelly Gondolas

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4400

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

molded in color, not lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

We wanted to document the various colors of the separately-available gondola covers that American Models has available, so these next set of photos cover them. Shown here is the black cover.

This is the silver cover.

This is the oxide-red cover.

This is the mid-red cover.

This is the cover that is marked as undecorated.

The 2006 NASG Convention offered a tour to see American Models' operation. This photo shows the mold used to create the gondola.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4419

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)

Class:

Ga-69

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

166533

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Bill Winans' model is shown with the separately-available cover produced by American Models.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4407

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

28839, 257339

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Ed Kirstatter added a baled load to his model.

Ken Garber built his from the early American Models kit version. Ken updated the reporting mark to the later era.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4420

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Year/Era:

1970

Length:

52'6"

Volume:

2240cuft

Road Name:

Burlington Northern (BN)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

565557, 565824, 565998

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Ken's model was built from the original kit version.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models

Manufacturer ID:

4421

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

342518, 353107

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Notes:

Ken's model was built from the kit version.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4408

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Year/Era:

1952

Length:

52'6"

Volume:

1870cuft

Road Name:

Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

31520, 31559

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Ed Kirstatter added a custom piping load to his model, and used Kadee couplers.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4426

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Year/Era:

1957

Length:

52'6"

Volume:

2740cuft

Road Name:

Chicago & North Western (CNW)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

741028, 741059

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4429

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Year/Era:

1970

Length:

52'6"

Volume:

1240cuft

Road Name:

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CBQ)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

83283, 83287, 83292

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4427

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

Conrail (CR)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

564337, 564355

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4423DH

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Year/Era:

1951

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

Delaware & Hudson (DH)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

15908, 15981

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Ken's model was built from the original kit version.

Holt Apgar partially re-painted his model to represent the car as it was in the mid-1950s. This class of mill gondolas (#13700 - 13899) was built by Pullman Standard in 1951. Holt used Highball Graphics decals and Model Graphics dry transfers for the lettering and numbers, sealed with a flat clear lacquer.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4413

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western (DL&W)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

69565

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Notes:

Also available with road number 69400.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4425

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

30776, 30778

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4405

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Year/Era:

1952

Length:

52'6"

Volume:

1870cuft

Road Name:

Great Northern (GN)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

79210, 79163, 79573

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models

Manufacturer ID:

4414

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

Illinois Central (IC)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models

Manufacturer ID:

4406

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

Lehigh Valley (LV)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

32376

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Notes:

Holt's model was built from the kit version. Also available with road number 32402.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4409

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Year/Era:

1960

Length:

52'6"

Volume:

2766cuft

Road Name:

Milwaukee Road (MILW)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

92648, 92802

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4428

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

Missouri Pacific (MP)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

5278

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4415

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

New York Central (NYC)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

715229, 715294

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Notes:

Holt's model was built from the kit version. This paint scheme was good for mid-1950s thru mid-1960s; NYC gons were produced in both black, and red oxide color with white trim schemes.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4430

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

New York, New Haven & Hartford (NH)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

62007, 62018

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Notes:

Bethlehem Steel built 15 of these gondolas for the NH in 1959, for assignment to the large brass foundries in Waterbury, CT.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4416

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

Nickel Plate Road (NKP)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

67633

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4417

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

Norfolk & Western (N&W)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

72290

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4422

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

Northern Pacific (NP)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

615255, 615501

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4404

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

Class:

G31d

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

371952

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Notes:

PRR circle keystone logo.

Holt's model was built from the kit version. The model in the background is the original American Models version (with a plain keystone) of the ready-to-run model. The one in the foreground is the older kit version (A.M. #404), which Holt modified by lettering it for the PRR's class G31D, with accurate road number #376128, and with the shadow keystone. These G31D prototypes were built by ACF in 1951-52, and were rebuilt and repainted by PRR shops in 1961-62 (as modeled by Holt).

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4423

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

Pere Marquette (PM)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

18948, ?????, ?????

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Notes:

This was a special run for the Southeastern Michigan S Gaugers for their 2006 NASG Convention car. American Models then added the car to their general product line. The car include the four steel coils load.

Ken Garber modified the decals on his car to show a later version of it.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4431

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

50031, 50044

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models

Manufacturer ID:

4424

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

Reading (RDG)

Class:

GHm

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Notes:

Holt's model was built from the kit version. The Reading GHm class of 52'6" gons were built by Bethlehem Steel in 1951-52. These are 70-ton gondolas #33000 - 33999. A few small decals were added, and the kit's original road number was modified from 30078 to 33078 to fit the prototype GHm 52' class. The appearance is late 1950s.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4432

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

Rock Island (RI/ROCK)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

8892

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4412

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Volume:

1748cuft

Road Name:

Soo Line (SOO)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

2012, 67491, 87981

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Notes:

This car was also a special run done for the 2012 Fall S Fest (two road numbers). The ones done for them have a special label on the right-hand side of the car's sides. The standard American Models releases do not have such a label.

Ken Garber's model was built from the kit version.

Rich Gajnak loaded his model with less-than-carload bulk containers.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4410

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

Southern Pacific (SP)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

328802

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4403

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

Southern Railway (SOU)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

52021, 52027

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4401

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

St. Louis-San Francisco (SLSF)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

61453, 61717, 61760

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4418

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

Union Pacific (UP)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

30419, 30901

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Notes:

Ken's model was built from the kit version.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models

Manufacturer ID:

4402

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

Wabash (WAB)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

American Models (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

4411

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sided, fishbelly

Length:

52'6"

Road Name:

Western Maryland (WM)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Road Number(s):

54206, 54406

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale or hi-rail

Couplers:

scale or AF

Supplemental Part:

Gondola Cover (available in 4 colors & undecorated)

Supplemental Part:

B.T.S. Wood Flooring (part #02600)

Notes:

Shown with a Blue Mountain Hobbies coal load. Ed also added several other details.

Ed Kirstatter installed a Blue Mountain Hobbies coal load. These loads were specifically made to fit the AM gondolas.