MEC Low-side Gondola's - Ertl Model

Peter Mumby and I built these two Ertl models back in 2011. I covered these models in one of my very early blog posts.

Here is an interesting tid-bit. A couple of weeks ago on the NEB&W facebook page John Nehrich notes that the Ertl gondola was based on the MEC 9 panel low-side prototype...something I did not know. John also includes a good Bill Brigham photo of the prototype. Bill's photo views the gondola with a white herald and lettering....George Dutka