Scale Test Car -- Chessie System/Chesapeake & Ohio #ST1

Based on prototype cars used to calibrate track scales, these diminutive models are perfect for displaying on a siding in the yard or a spur at an industry. Scale test cars were regularly reweighed at a railroad's shop, giving you a great reason to run one on your railroad. Whether you load one on a flat car or haul one at the rear of a train, there's a lot you can do with this car to enhance your railroad's operations. Features of this model include:
 

• Diecast body for maximum weight
• Roadname specific details such as side and top access doors, wheel bearings and hand brake types
• Factory installed wire grab irons
• Multiple photo-etched brass placards according to prototypes
• 33 scale inch RP-25 turned metal wheels
• Proto MAX(TM) metal knuckle couplers
• Use with the 933-3199 Cornerstone Track Scales kit (sold separately) to enhance operating sessions
• Use as a load for WalthersProto or WalthersMainline flatcars

 

 
Roadname specific features of this model include:

• Staff hand brake
• Covered wheel bearings
• As-built top cover
• Round side doors with release latch bar