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O VGN Ore Car

SKU: MTH3075498 Category:
Scale: 1/48In Stock: Available on backorder
MSRP: $49.95Minimum Quantity: 1
 

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Why
are ore cars so short? Because the iron ore they carry is considerably
heavier than typical hopper loads like coal, so a short car of ore
fills the load capacity of its trucks. Ore cars, also called jennies,
were and still are a common sight in the Iron Range region of Minnesota
and nearby states, where they shuttle between mines and Great Lakes
ports. On the receiving end, jennies travel between ore docks and steel
mills in a number of states. While they’re commonly associated with
upper Midwestern ore-hauling roads, ore cars have in fact been rostered
by nearly 50 North American railroads, and at least a dozen have owned
significant numbers of jennies.
Until World War II, ore cars generally carried direct shipping ore:
ore that was rich enough in iron (60% or more) that it could be shipped
direct to steel mills as a raw material. By the end of the war,
however, the richer ore deposits had largely played out. Lower-grade
taconite, once considered a waste product of mining, became the raw
material of choice. Rather than being shipped as raw ore, taconite is
refined and rolled into small pellets containing about 65% iron. So for
more than half a century, the main payload of ore jennies has been
taconite pellets, as well as occasional loads of sand or gravel.

High quality, traditionally
sized RailKing Freight Cars provide detailed bodies and colorful paint
schemes for the O Gauge railroader. MTH makes an enormous variety of
RailKing Freight Cars, including many different car types and
roadnames. No matter what era or part of the country you are modeling,
RailKing is sure to have something for you.

Features

  • Intricately
    Detailed Durable ABS Body
  • Metal Wheels and Axles
  • Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks
  • Operating Die-Cast Metal
    Couplers
  • Colorful, Attractive Paint
    Schemes
  • Decorative Brake Wheels
  • Separate Metal Handrails
  • Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
  • Needle-Point Axles
  • Unit Measures:7 1/4 x 2 9/16
    x 3 1/8
  • Operates On O-27 Curves
  • Description

    Why
    are ore cars so short? Because the iron ore they carry is considerably
    heavier than typical hopper loads like coal, so a short car of ore
    fills the load capacity of its trucks. Ore cars, also called jennies,
    were and still are a common sight in the Iron Range region of Minnesota
    and nearby states, where they shuttle between mines and Great Lakes
    ports. On the receiving end, jennies travel between ore docks and steel
    mills in a number of states. While they’re commonly associated with
    upper Midwestern ore-hauling roads, ore cars have in fact been rostered
    by nearly 50 North American railroads, and at least a dozen have owned
    significant numbers of jennies.
    Until World War II, ore cars generally carried direct shipping ore:
    ore that was rich enough in iron (60% or more) that it could be shipped
    direct to steel mills as a raw material. By the end of the war,
    however, the richer ore deposits had largely played out. Lower-grade
    taconite, once considered a waste product of mining, became the raw
    material of choice. Rather than being shipped as raw ore, taconite is
    refined and rolled into small pellets containing about 65% iron. So for
    more than half a century, the main payload of ore jennies has been
    taconite pellets, as well as occasional loads of sand or gravel.

    High quality, traditionally
    sized RailKing Freight Cars provide detailed bodies and colorful paint
    schemes for the O Gauge railroader. MTH makes an enormous variety of
    RailKing Freight Cars, including many different car types and
    roadnames. No matter what era or part of the country you are modeling,
    RailKing is sure to have something for you.

    Features

  • Intricately
    Detailed Durable ABS Body
  • Metal Wheels and Axles
  • Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks
  • Operating Die-Cast Metal
    Couplers
  • Colorful, Attractive Paint
    Schemes
  • Decorative Brake Wheels
  • Separate Metal Handrails
  • Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
  • Needle-Point Axles
  • Unit Measures:7 1/4 x 2 9/16
    x 3 1/8
  • Operates On O-27 Curves