Walthers Rolling Stock
Gold Line(TM) 16,000 Gallon Funnel-Flow Tank Car - Single Car - Assembled
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Procor (white)
Walthers Part # 932-7224, p. 172 Walthers 2010 HO Scale Reference
HO scale, $27.98, not currently in stock at Walthers, Expected: 13-Jul-2010
Some dealers have received this item from Walthers in the past. Click here for a listing.
Developed by the Union Tank Car Company during the 1960s, Funnel-Flow cars
carry all kinds of liquids and slurries (mixtures of water and other
materials) that can be unloaded by gravity. The car name says it all the
entire tank is slightly lower in the middle. Like a funnel, the contents
flow towards the lowest point ensuring faster, more complete unloading.
Funnel-Flow tank cars come in several lengths; dense, heavy liquids are
shipped in shorter cars; lighter fluids move in the 54-footers. Many cars
that haul thick liquids such as asphalt, molten sulfur and corn syrup, are
outfitted with internal heating coils to reheat the contents for faster
unloading
These cars are favorites of the chemical and paper industries and a great
way to expand traffic on your railroad. Youll find them hauling kaolin clay
slurries to paper mills, fuel additives to refineries and food additives to
processing plants. And, youll also find them running as unit trains, moving
molten sulfur.
Models feature styrene bodies; metal handrails where appropriate;
razor-sharp painting and printing; free-rolling trucks and knuckle
couplers. Cars are available individually and in limited-run 2-Packs for a
total of three roadnumbers per roadname. All you need to do is open the box
and put em on your railroad.
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