O-Scale Gondola

This is a replica of Lionel’s New York Central Gondola Car No. 6462A described here: https://www.tandem-associates.com/lionel/lionel_trains_6462a_gondola_car.htm

Assembling the parts will require glue or more ideally friction welding.

Follow this link for more information including a video tutorial on friction welding: http://www.progressth.org/2018/02/3d-printing-friction-spin-welding-video.html

We used fine metal wire as axles through the wheels and M3 x 10mm bolts (6 of them) to assemble the trucks as well as attach them to the body making everything easy to assemble and reassemble to repair and adjust.

The sides of the gondola are printed flat (and on high resolution at .01mm to ensure best results for the tiny rivets) and then welded onto the body of the gondola through holes inside the gondola’s body. We friction welded another seam along the bottom of the gondola’s body where it is harder to see when on display. You can easily just glue the sides on if you’d like.

The files include the SketchUp 2017 file as well as sections of O-scale track and a set of wheel stops.