Description
PROTOTYPE SPECIFIC INFORMATION
The development of the hopper car went along with the development of automated handling of such commodities, with automated loading and unloading facilities. Open hopper cars are used for commodities such as coal, which can suffer exposure with less detrimental effect. Hopper cars have been used by railways worldwide whenever automated cargo handling has been desired.
MODEL FEATURES:
- Removable load
- • All 5 packs come with unique road numbers
- • Separately applied brake wheel and wire grab irons on side ladders
- • Accurately painted and printed for prototypical realism
- • Newly-tooled, highly detailed, injection-molded body
- • Body-mounted, McHenry® scale double-shelf knuckle couplers
- • Weighted for optimum performance
- • Fully assembled and ready for your layout
- • Machined metal wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
- • Minimum radius: 18”
NEW FEATURES:
• All new tooling with increased fidelity
• Separately applied metal grabirons & end cages. No more molded railings!
• Detailed train brake line piping.
• Etched stainless steel brake wheel platform.
• Accurately scaled hopper door linkage with re-shaped weight for better see-through effect.
