Atlas 50005366 N Scale Cal Gas 33,000 Gallon Tank Car #SHPX 17431

Atlas Master N scale 33,000 gallon tank car in the Cal Gas billboard scheme, reporting marks SHPX, road number 17431. The prototype is the ACF whale-belly tank car, designed in the early 1960s for liquefied petroleum gas and anhydrous ammonia.

• ACF whale-belly design; true prototype capacity 33,156 gallons
• AccuMate couplers, made under license from AccuRail
• 100-ton roller bearing trucks
• Fine end ladders with separately applied handrails
• Separate air reservoir, full walkway and end platforms
• Intricate lettering on the ends with prototypically accurate paint
• Minimum operating radius 9-3/4 inches
• Released October 2019

SHPX is the mark of Shippers Car Line, ACF Industries' leasing division - a lessor's mark rather than a railroad, which is why the customer-facing name on the car is Cal Gas, the propane distributor leasing it. Cars of this type remain in revenue service today, so the modelling window is wide; the era shown is our reading rather than a published date. Atlas photographs one car per number-pair, so imagery may show sister number 17433 in identical paint. Country of manufacture is inferred and the weight is an estimate; no barcode is published.