1104 B&O(Chessie) O-90(G-20) and O-70(G-21) Gondola

In 1964, Bethlehem Steel built two related classes of fixed end 53’ gondolas for Baltimore & Ohio. The first 775 of these were B&O 360000-360774, class O-90 (later Chessie class G-20), and were 90 ton cars. The next 600 of these cars were B&O 360775-361374, class O-70 (later Chessie class G-21), and were 70 ton cars. The cars featured Wine lading anchors on the top chords, and composite floors made up of alternating steel and wood, combining the strength of steel with the ability to nail into wood to secure loads. In the late Chessie era, some cars were retrofitted with plain wood floors instead. These cars lasted at least into the 1990s, but it seems that their plain bearing trucks largely doomed them to scrap rather than their continuing in service into the 2000s.The kit allows you to model either of the above classes depending on your choice of trucks. We also offer the wood floor as a separate part, to allow you to model that Chessie variant.Additionally, there were cov