Walthers Rolling Stock
Gold Line(TM) 16,000 Gallon Funnel-Flow Tank Car - Single Car - Assembled
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GATX (Caustic Soda)
Walthers Part # 932-7231, p. 172 Walthers 2010 HO Scale Reference
HO scale, $27.98, currently in stock at Walthers
This product is on-sale today for $15.98
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, its 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. You'll find them hauling kaolin
clay slurries to paper mills, fuel additives to refineries and food
additives to processing plants. And, you'll also find them running as unit
trains, moving molten sulfur.
This HO Scale Gold Line freight car comes fully assembled and includes a
complete set of add-on wire grab irons; molded drill starter points on the
body simplify installation. McHenry(R) near-scale working knuckle couplers
and free-rolling trucks with RP25 metal wheelsets round out each car.
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