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Athearn 84720 - 40' Pfaudler Milk Car Merkle Dairy (GARE) 742 - HO Scale

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MSRP: $36.99
$30.62
$24.50
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SKU:
ATH84720
UPC:
797534847200
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Athearn 84720 - 40' Pfaudler Milk Car Merkle Dairy (GARE) 742 - HO Scale
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Description

MODEL FEATURES:

  • Screw mounted trucks
  • Machined metal wheels with RP25 contours
  • Weighted for optimum performance
  • Body-mounted McHenry® operating scale knuckle couplers
  • Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
  • Painted and printed for realistic decoration
  • Minimum radius: 11”

PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:

In the 1920’s, the Pfaudler Company and General American Car Company manufactured hundreds of wood sheathed, insulated milk cars. Designed as bulk milk carriers, the cars were built around two 6,000-gallon glass lined tanks and a brine cooling system designed to keep the milk at a constant 38 degrees Fahrenheit. Riding on passenger car trucks, these unique cars were often painted Pullman green to match the passenger cars of the era. The special purpose Pfaudler Cars hauled bulk milk shipments well into the 1950’s.

Details

Store Location:
P# 120 / Aisle 7C
Scale:
HO Scale
Road Name:
Merkle Dairy (GARE)
Road Number:
742

Customer Reviews

1 review

  • 5

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    Posted by Bruce Edgerton on 4th Oct 2023

    I purchased five of the Athearn milk cars, with three different names. As I operate an HO layout of the New York, Ontario and Western, the layout absorbs milk cars like a dry sponge. These Athearn milk cars have great detail and outstanding graphics, and are exactly what I had hoped they would be.

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