Based on cars used in the U.S. and Canada since their construction between 1943 to the 1950s, prototypes for the Rapido Trains HO Scale 52' 6" Canadian Mill Gondola was one of Canada's most widely used gondolas of the transition and classic diesel era. Based on cars built by National Steel Car (Hamilton, Ontario) and Eastern Car Company (Trenton, Nova Scotia), these detailed Canadian Mill Gondolas feature ends that drop down nice and flush, rivets on the sides of the posts, full underbody detail including bleed valves, full interior and die cast metal floor and rebuilt trucks on some later cars.