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Manufacturer	Atlas
Scale	O Scale
Train Category	Freight Cars, Rolling Stock, Scale Freight
Minimum Age	14 years

Atlas O 3007115-4 United States Steel Hot Metal Car #370 “Chuck Noll”

The hot metal car was a specialized industrial railcar used to transport molten iron from blast furnaces to steel mills. The liquid metal was poured into the firebrick-lined “bottle” through a small hatch at the top, allowing it to remain in its liquid state for up to 24 hours. While the car’s thick metal plate could withstand the extreme heat and weight of the molten iron, it also made the car exceptionally heavy and difficult to maneuver. The bottle-shaped design came in various sizes: standard ladle cars had 12 wheels and weighed up to 125 tons when full, while larger units featured 16 wheels and could weigh as much as 400 tons.

Each road number of the United States Steel Car features one of the names of four Pittsburgh Steelers players that the workers had hand-painted onto the prototype–Franco Harris (32), Terry Bradshaw (12) Joe Greene (75) and Chuck Noll.

Features:

A flickering molten load inside the car’s barrel that simulates a fresh load of molten metal
Intricately Detailed Durable ABS Body
Metal Wheels and Axles
Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks
Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers
Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
Needle-Point Axles
1:48 Scale Dimensions
Separate Metal Handrails
Unit Measures: 15 1/4” x 2 3/4” x 3 5/8”
Operates On O-31 Curves