Athearn RND87133 HO - 24Ft Ribbed Ore Car w/Load - B&LE #20717

HO - 24Ft Ribbed Ore Car w/Load - B&LE #20717 Detailed Information MODEL FEATURES: Removable load Decorated models fully-assembled and ready to run out of the box Highly-detailed, injection-molded body Separately applied brake wheel Machined metal wheels Weighted for trouble free operation Solid nickel silver wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track Body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers Window packaging for easy viewing plus interior plastic blister safely holds the model for convenient storage Replacement parts available Minimum radius: 15inch PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO: Iron ore is a rock from which metallic iron can be extracted. About 98percent of the mined iron ore is used to make steel. Many railroads around the great lakes have unit trains that transport mined iron ore to transport via barge for processing. These trains are very distinctive with train sets of small cars carrying very heavy loads of dense iron ore.