PROTO 2000 Type 21 8,000-Gallon Tank Car w/K Brakes Ready to Run -- Continental Oil Co. CTAX 8121 (gray tank, black frame, black lettering)

* Authentic Steam-Era Schemes * Detailed Underframe with K Brake * 2 Different Numbers for Each Scheme (920-54350 Series Time-Saver(R) Kit Cars have 2 additional numbers) * Scale Size Handrails & Grab Irons * Correct Weight for Optimum Operation * Correct Trucks * Metal RP-25 Wheels * Magnetic Knuckle Couplers Demand for tank cars skyrocketed in the 1920s as automobiles and trucks became more common. Moving gasoline, lubricants and other petroleum products over long distances required larger and stronger tank cars. In 1921, American Car & Foundry rolled out the first of its new 8,000-gallon, riveted steel cars, which came to be known as the Type 21. Shortly after the US entered World War II, German U-boat attacks on coastal shipping threatened supplies of home heating oil and gasoline to the eastern states. To counter the threat, type 21s were put to work as rolling pipelines, moving badly needed petroleum products cross-country by rail. Tough and durable, the cars k