American Limited HO 1844 GATC Welded Tank Car, Santa Fe #101218

Yellow band gasoline service early lettering In the years following World War II, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Santa Fe) purchased two groups of welded tank cars delivered in 1949 and 1953 each with 16,000 gallon capacity. Prior to the acquistion of these two new classes of tank cars, riveting was the primary method of assembly tank cars. These two new classes of tank cars were constructed by General American Tank Car Corp. (GATC) with welded tanks and underframes using new retooling developed during and after the war. The Santa Fe ordered these two classes of welded tank cars equiped with AB brakes, Ajax handbrakes and 70 ton ASF A-3 Ride Control Trucks. The Santa Fe instituted a color-coding system to delineate the tank car's lading. As such these tank cars wore colorful paint schemes with colored coded end bands and dome bands to clearly indicate specific use. The railroad upgraded many of these GATC welded tank cars in the 1970s with modern safety appliances including roller bearing trucks and replacing the side walways with safety bars preventing employes from slipping under the cars. Many of these 16,000 gallon GATC welded tank cars lasted until the 1990s in company service or in Maintenance of Way service. You may also like GATC Tank Car, ATSF #101309 ALM1840 American Limited HO Gauge GATC Tank Car, ATSF #101309 £34.50 £34.50 -30% Regular price £4995 Sale price Add to Cart GATC Tank Car, ATSF #101179 ALM1850 American Limited HO Gauge GATC Tank Car, ATSF #101179 £34.50 £34.50 -30% Regular price £4995 Sale price Add to Cart GATC Tank Car, ATSF #101134 ALM1845 American Limited HO Gauge GATC Tank Car, ATSF #101134 £34.50 £34.50 -30% Regular price £4995 Sale price Add to Cart GATC Tank Car, ATSF #101149 ALM1836 American Limited HO Gauge GATC Tank Car, ATSF #101149 £34.50 £34.50 -30% Regular price £4995 Sale price Add to Cart Rails on ebay 1000's of hard to find and pre-owned items Visit Our ebay Store Sheffield Shop ample parking and friendly, expert advice How to Find Us We Want Your Second-Hand Items top prices paid Sell to Rails Follow us Facebook Instagram YouTube X (Twitter) Join our mailing list Promotions, new product and sale. Directly to your inbox. Email Email Get in touch 21-29 Chesterfield Road, Heeley, Sheffield, S8 0RL See Contact Us page for shop opening hours. Customer Support +44(0) 114 255 1436 Lines open 9am-5pm Monday to Saturday or Contact Us Contact Website Terms of Use Privacy Policy Cookie Policy Refund Policy Shipping Policy Terms of Service Sitemap Rails of Sheffield Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales under registration number 09068081 - Registered office 25-29 Chesterfield Road, Sheffield, S8 0RL ©2002-2024 Rails of Sheffield Ltd Powered by Shopify Website design: Little Fire Digital Ltd, Sheffield GATC Tank Car, ATSF #101218 Warehouse Click and Collect available, usually ready in 24 hours 21-29 Chesterfield Rd Sheffield S8 ORL United Kingdom +441142551436 Chat