Description
The Bachmann HO 40' Three-Dome Tank Car - Gibson Wine Co. #459 is a detailed HO scale model designed to replicate the classic three-dome tank cars used for transporting various liquid loads, including wine. Here are some key features:
- Detailed, painted bodies with precision graphics
- Three-dome design for carrying different chemicals or liquids
- 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 extremely versatile and often owned by the industries they served, such as vineyards, fuel distributors, or oil companies. They were painted in unique, artistic liveries and later transitioned into maintenance-of-way use, extending their usefulness.