Athearn Genesis G77012 HO Scale VersaCoil™ Gondola Mitsui Rail MBKX 168801 Theme_Conoco Several head-end cars like these

Several head-end cars like these often operated on each train - especially on all-stops secondary trains

Woodland Scenics JP5601 HO Scale Just Plug Vehicles

6 inches (295 mm)

This is the Motiv 21

reducing stress placed on the glue joint by tire expansion

Athearn Genesis G77012 HO Scale VersaCoil™ Gondola Mitsui Rail MBKX 168801 Theme_Conoco Several head-end cars like theseAthearn Genesis G77012 HO Scale VersaCoil Gondola Mitsui Rail MBKX 168801 The purpose is in the name, VersaCoils are versatile coil cars; able to carry multiple coils sizes from 30 to 72 in easy to load troughs. The transverse trough design is a departure from how steel coil cars were originally designed with coils aligned longitudinally and held into place with moveable bulkheads; loading and unloading took more time and the coils frequently incurred