Athearn Genesis G77002 HO Scale VersaCoil™ Gondola Norfolk Southern NS 168719 NMRA Standards Gage Leading some of America's most

Leading some of America's most popular new streamliners in the postwar years

with some improvements

But the “Steam Team” had a problem

Unofficially tagged as an “F50CM

They lasted in service well into the BNSF era beyond 1995

Athearn Genesis G77002 HO Scale VersaCoil™ Gondola Norfolk Southern NS 168719 NMRA Standards Gage Leading some of America's mostAthearn Genesis G77002 HO Scale VersaCoil Gondola Norfolk Southern NS 168719 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