This familiar hopper was an industry standard
on many railroads since the 1930s. It was adopted by the AAR as a recommended
design, but fell out of favor by the mid-1950s. While offering greater
capacity over cars with conventional flat sides, the original open hoppers
created corrosive interaction between acidic coal and the car’s
joints, leading to costly rebuilding programs.
Features:
- Separately-applied coal load, brake wheel and brakewheel platform
- Either flat end or arched end as appropriate for railroad
- Accurate painting and lettering
- Metal couplers and sprung die-cast trucks
- True scale dimensions with accurate details
- Weighted, detailed underframes
- 2-rail cars feature scale wheels and body mounted scale couplers
- 3-rail trucks pre-drilled for Atlas O Adjust-A-Couplers®
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