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BLMA - 20012 - Tank Car, 31K, Crude Oil, TrinityRail - Trinity Industries - 350481

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Stock Number20012
Original Retail Price$26.95
BrandBLMA
ManufacturerBLMA
Body StyleBLMA Tank Car TrinityRail 31K Crude Oil
PrototypeTank Car, 31K, Crude Oil, TrinityRail
Road or Company NameTrinity Industries (Details)
Reporting MarksTILX
Road or Reporting Number350481
Paint Color(s)Black
Print Color(s)White
Coupler TypeMT Magne-Matic Knuckle
Coupler MountBody-Mount
Wheel TypeChemically Blackened Metal
Wheel ProfileSmall Flange (Low Profile)
Release Date2016-04-01
Item CategoryRolling Stock (Freight)
Model TypeTank Car
Model Subtype31K
Model VarietyCrude Oil TrinityRail



Model Information: This model was originally produced by BLMA. It was later acquired in 2016 by Atlas when they purchased BLMA. The model features: Fine-Scale Detail; Separate Brake Detail; Accurately Painted/Printed; Prototypical Ride Height; BLMA 100-Ton ASF Ride Control Trucks; BLMA 36" Metal Wheels; and Body-Mounted Brown Knuckle Couplers .
Road Name History:
The company, first known as Trinity Steel, was founded by C. J. Bender in Dallas in 1933. W. Ray Wallace, an engineering graduate of Louisiana Tech, worked for Dallas's Austin Bridge Company in 1944 before joining the company in 1946 as its seventeenth employee. At the time Trinity Steel manufactured butane tanks in a Dallas County mule barn. In 1958 Trinity Steel merged with Dallas Tank Company, which was also founded in 1933, and Ray Wallace became the new firm's president and first chief executive officer. At the time Trinity had revenues reaching $2.5 million and employed 200 workers. While some employees of the firm in other states eventually unionized, Texas workers never formed a union. For a time the company profited by producing larger tanks that enabled it to enter the petroleum business and do steel fabrication for refineries. In addition, to free up capital, it established an investment company to buy trucks and lease them back to the firm. Nonetheless, by 1957 Trinity faced competition and declines in the petroleum industry. Dallas Tank, Trinity Steel, and Bender-Wallace Development Company merged in 1958 to form Trinity Industries, Incorporated, and went public.

The Trinity Industries Rail Group, TrinityRail, is a leading North American provider of railcar services and products providing a single source for comprehensive rail transportation solutions. TrinityRail offers extensive manufacturing resources and a complete product line of new railcars. Included is a full menu of state-of-the-art covered hoppers, flat cars, gondolas, open hoppers, box cars, automotive equipment and tank cars. In addition, TrinityRail offers one of the fastest growing railcar lease fleets in North America and a broad portfolio of comprehensive railcar services. Our wide-ranging railcar service offerings provide our customers with enhanced transportation efficiencies and optimized fleet utilization.

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Brand/Importer Information:
BLMA Models was founded in July of 2000 to bring Z, N, and HO Scale products of superior quality and originality to the model train community. At BLMA Models, we understand that quality and accuracy count in producing realistic scale models. Our passion revolves around accuracy, diversity, innovation and satisfaction to prototype model railroaders by providing exceptional products and service that goes beyond your expectations.

BLMA was acquired by Atlas Model Railroad in January of 2016.
Item created by: gdm on 2016-04-02 13:57:05. Last edited by wsor30-53@hotmail.com on 2020-06-11 22:03:19

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