Description
The Rapido Trains HO Scale Procor GP20 20,000-Gallon Tank Car is based ontank cars built from 69 through 1984, so it'll look at home in your 1970sthrough 2020s freight consists. In the 1960s, Procor assembled their ownengineering department and crafted a series of standard design tank carswhich paved the way for a new generation of equipment, with many moderndesigns reflecting this new standard. The GP20 (again, the tank car and notthe locomotive) was suitable for lighter density commodities which wouldnot congeal or freeze in cold weather, such as various oils and fuel. Thesame car could also be equipped with interior heater coil pipes, such thatthe contents could be reheated. The same basic design -including tankdiameter and length - was manufactured from 1969 until 1984. The GP20 wasconstructed with both 70 ton and 100 ton capacity trucks. Later designswere also equipped with a separate fittings dome (in addition to the manwayassembly fitting), which allowed the tank rating to be upgraded from 60 psito 100 psi. When production of the GP20 tank car was completed in 1984,Procor had built almost 1000 cars of this design. They are in use acrossNorth America in both fleet service and lease service to numerouscompanies. Common reporting marks carried by these cars included UTLX(Union Tank Car), PROX (Procor), NCTX (North American Car Co.), BCOL(British Columbia Railway), and CN (Canadian National). The Rapido Trainscars are accurately scaled from prototype blueprints and field measurementsand feature photo-etched metal walkways, detailed vent stacks, loadinghatches, air tanks and braking equipment. Cars come equipped with Rapidometal semi-scale knuckle couplers mounted at the correct height as well asera/scheme appropriate trucks. The cars are accurately decorated and areavailable individually and in multiple-car packs with multiple roadnumbers.The Procor GP20 Tank Cars are part of the line of Rapido Trains HO Scale freight carsand containers.
