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

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.

Do you mean the Mantua rail gons?

hi tom


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



todd

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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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:
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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'



the athearn is a 52'

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