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Preorder now:  bit.ly/KitClassicsHOGondola

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Our next all-new Kit Classics™ freight car is the CB&Q Havelock Shops 2566 Gondola.

Designed and built by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, these 52’ 6” gondolas were assigned to carry aluminum, steel, and tin coil loads and eventually ended-up in general service. The key spotting features are the square top chord that ran between the grab irons as well as the flat sill plate that ran between the bolsters.

This easy-to-build freight car kit is available in six colorful paint schemes including:

•Burlington Northern
•Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
•Chicago & North Western
•Conrail
•Norfolk & Western
•SOO Line

You’ll enjoy building these Kit Classics Gons. Learn more about our all-new HO Scale 2566cf Gondola by visiting our website. Delivery is expected this summer. Secure your favorite roadnames by pre-ordering today.
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blindog10 Prolific poster 3,329 posts
blindog10

Variety is good

Looking forward to it.  Need another gon to serve Pitts scrap yard.  By the '80s these were used for all sorts of low-value loads, and for hauling MofW supplies.

Scott Chatfield
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smadanek Frequent poster 704 posts
smadanek

What is the Build Date on this Gondola Kit

I have an interest in increasing eastern/midwestern railroad gondola laden/empty return traffic on the SP Cal-P mainline (Oakland to Sacramento) line on my layout which is set in the 1949-54 period.  That and I much prefer plastic kits. 
Ken Adams
Walnut Creek, California
Getting too old to  remember all this stuff.... Now Officially a COG (and I've forgotten what that means too...)
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Ken Glover kfglover Super User 1,506 posts
Ken Glover kfglover

Ken A.

To new for you I expect. From the "Prototype History" on the entry Scale Trains web site :"200 Class GM-6A 52’ 6” Gondola were built in 1967/1968 by Burlington’s Havelock Shops just outside of Lincoln, Nebraska." 

Ken Glover,

HO, Digitrax, Soundtraxx PTB-100, JMRI (LocoBuffer-USB), ProtoThrottle (WiThrottle server)

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