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HO SCALE RAIL GONS - csiguy68 - 03-19-2009

does anyone have any idea if those gondolas that were made a few years back that had RAIL-GON stenciled on them in ho scale are still available? id like to get just one,or perhaps two depending on the price. ive tried several places and i am not having much luck in finding them. i couldnt even find them on ebay.



todd

Re: HO SCALE RAIL GONS - eightyeightfan1 - 03-19-2009

I just checked the Athearn site. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.athearn.com/Default.aspx">http://www.athearn.com/Default.aspx</a><!-- m -->
Says they are discontinued, but I'm sure if you check with your LHS, I'm sure there are some still around.

Re: HO SCALE RAIL GONS - tomustang - 03-19-2009

Do you mean the Mantua rail gons?

Re: HO SCALE RAIL GONS - csiguy68 - 03-20-2009

hi tom


yes either the athearn or mantua kind. id just like to get one .



todd

Re: HO SCALE RAIL GONS - eightyeightfan1 - 03-20-2009

The Mantua gon is sold under the Model Power name. Its probably nice for the price being half the cost of the Athearn, but with a little weathering, might be ok.
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I was also wrong about the Athearn being discontinued. Looks like they re-released it last year.
Found this on Athearn sites:
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Re: HO SCALE RAIL GONS - tomustang - 03-20-2009

eightyeightfan1 Wrote:The Mantua gon is sold under the Model Power name. Its probably nice for the price being half the cost of the Athearn, but with a little weathering, might be ok.
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I was also wrong about the Athearn being discontinued. Looks like they re-released it last year.
Found this on Athearn sites:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.athearn.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=ATH92830">http://www.athearn.com/Products/Default ... D=ATH92830</a><!-- m -->
So the athearn gondolas are different than the mantua/model power, the one mantua rail gon I have is a 40' high side, in fact I think it's actually 43'

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the athearn is a 52'

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Re: HO SCALE RAIL GONS - tomustang - 03-20-2009

These are the differences of the two, the conrail is an athearn gondola


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