Description
The Bachmann HO 40' Single Dome Tank Car - Staley Manufacturing Co. #604 is another detailed HO scale model designed to replicate the classic single-dome tank cars used for hauling a variety of liquid loads. Here are some key features:
- Detailed, painted bodies with precision graphics
- Open underframe
- Added weight for optimum tracking
- Separately applied ladders, brake wheel, and metal handrails
- Magnetically operated E-Z Mate® Mark II couplers
- Detailed trucks with see-through sideframes
- Blackened metal wheels with RP25 contours
- These tank cars were crucial in freight railroading, especially between the late 1920s and early 1940s. They represent some of the last cars built with a riveted tank design before welded construction became more common1