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Model Information: E&C shops originally designed this tooling in the mid 1970's. It was later acquired by LBF and then by Hubert's and as of recently by InterMountain. Cars come factory equipped with Micro-Trains® trucks/couplers and come with a loads. Examples can be found with E&C, LBF and Hubert's branding. InterMountain (as of 2/2020) has not yet produced a release.
Prototype History: 
Mill gondolas are primarily used for steel mill products, including metal beams, pipe, coiled steel, scrap, wire and other finished mill products. Their drop end enabled them to carry items longer than the car itself (usually with idler flatcars on either side).
Through the 1950's most gondolas were 50-Ton cars; it grew to 70-Ton in the 1960's. From 1960's on, Thrall became a major builder of gondolas. Other builders included Pullman-Standard, Greenville, Bethlehem, Ortner, Evans/SIECO and Trinity.
These gondolas are still offered nowadays by major builders such as Greenbier or TrinityRail.
Text adapted from Jeff Wilson's "Modern Freight Cars" (Kalmbach Media).
Through the 1950's most gondolas were 50-Ton cars; it grew to 70-Ton in the 1960's. From 1960's on, Thrall became a major builder of gondolas. Other builders included Pullman-Standard, Greenville, Bethlehem, Ortner, Evans/SIECO and Trinity.
These gondolas are still offered nowadays by major builders such as Greenbier or TrinityRail.
Text adapted from Jeff Wilson's "Modern Freight Cars" (Kalmbach Media).
Road Name History: 
Coe Rail (CRLE) was an excursion and freight railroad that ran between West Bloomfield and Wixom, Michigan. In 2007 it was renamed the Michigan Air-Line Railway. The Michigan Air–Line Railway (MAL) was a Class 3 short-line railroad in Oakland County, Michigan. It ran from West Bloomfield to Wixom, Michigan where it interchanged with the CSX. The headquarters and station are in Walled Lake, Michigan.
Sadly like too many rail lines before it, plans are to remove the trackage and sell the land for a rail trail to be called the West Bloomfield Trail. On January 28, 2011, the railroad applied to abandon the route from Wixom to the end of track near West Bloomfield and since then the railroad has been removed between Walled Lake and the interchange in Wixom, MI.
From Trains21.org
Sadly like too many rail lines before it, plans are to remove the trackage and sell the land for a rail trail to be called the West Bloomfield Trail. On January 28, 2011, the railroad applied to abandon the route from Wixom to the end of track near West Bloomfield and since then the railroad has been removed between Walled Lake and the interchange in Wixom, MI.
From Trains21.org
Brand/Importer Information: 
Hubert's Model Railroad Mfg Corp group was located in Roseburg, Oregon and then Cincinnati, Ohio. Frank Hubert purchased the toolings of the LBF company (a.k.a. USA Plastics), that itself succeeded to E&C Shops, both founded by Fred Becker. Hubert had been one of Becker's partners in LBF/USA Plastics. Later, when Hubert's operation folded by the end of 2007, the toolings were acquired by InterMountain.
Like its predecessors, Hubert's released every road name with 12 to 48 different road numbers, offering the cars in 6- or 12-packs.
Like its predecessors, Hubert's released every road name with 12 to 48 different road numbers, offering the cars in 6- or 12-packs.
Item created by: gdm on 2021-06-30 08:02:59
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