MTH RailKing 30-5235 O Gauge Operating Handcar - Maroon Era_1940 + to the adoption of diesel

to the adoption of diesel technology for locomotive propulsion

Penn Central #4901 led the 1968 funeral train of Senator Robert F

Modified pilot

During the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942

MTH RailKing 30-5235 O Gauge Operating Handcar - Maroon Era_1940 + to the adoption of dieselMTH RailKing 30 5235 O Gauge Operating Handcar Maroon Track inspections often require a close up view that only a worker can do. Getting out on the rails via a hand pump driven car was the only way to do so back in the earliest days of the railroad. Eventually track inspection cars came along to replace the human motors. The RailKing handcar features two track workers pumping the handle up and down to get the car rolling. The faster they pump, the