Prototype Information Page - ACF 70-ton welded Drop-end Gondola

This page includes prototype information about the ACF 70-ton welded Drop-end Gondola.

The ACF 70-ton welded Drop-end Gondola actually has its origins from the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Altoona PA shops.   First built in 1948 as class G31, these were the first all-welded gondolas produced by PRR.   In 1951, PRR received additional gondolas mimicking the G31 design from outside vendors American Car and Foundry, Pullman Standard, and Greenville.   By 1953 PRR had a roster totaling 11,600 welded cars of this body style in the G31/G31A/G31B/G35 classes, serving the “Standard Railroad of the World” in every corner of North America in many customer applications.   If you model somewhere in North America, you can use a PRR model from G31B class PRR 371950-373949.
The Tangent Scale Models stunning replica of the ACF 70-ton welded Drop-end Gondola includes the most prominent details found on the prototypes, including many of the detail variations you see between the different paint schemes pictured on this page.  

See the replicas page here for more details about our models . If you want to learn more about these common yet distinctive prototypes, you may order Volume 19 or Railway Prototype Cyclopedia, available here.

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Photo Gallery - Bethlehem 70-ton riveted Drop-end Gondola – matching our schemes released “so far”
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