Rapido HO 158021A NSC Ballast Car, Union Pacific (Early) #2

RapidoSKU: RAP158021A

Description

Ballast! A commodity that is rarely discussed yet plays a pivotal part in the upkeep of any railroad ’s infrastructure. Many railroads simply used older open-top hoppers to carry and "dump" ballast along their right-of-ways. In the mid-1970s, National Steel Car (NSC) designed and developed a welded open-top hopper specifically for ballast service, complete with four bottom chutes to spread the rocks along the rails. CN and CP purchased these cars in volumes, both directly and under the 1978 Government of Canada Branch Line Rehabilitation Program. Fleet numbers were also an identifier of these cars as well as their Branch Line Rehabilitation stencil and many continue to wear those to this day.

Similar cars could be found on many American roads, wearing a wide variety of paint schemes and graphics. We even included three generic colours for you to make into your freelance road or another railroad that used these cars!

The Rapido Trains HO Scale Ballast Hopper features:

Removable ballast load
Diecast frame
Separate metal grab irons installed at the factory
Coupler cutbars and airhoses
Metal wheels
Semi-scale, metal couplers
Accurate paint and lettering
Multiple road numbers available for each scheme
Available in singles or multi-packs (Dealers must order multi-packs)
Multi-packs boxed for individual sale

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