Micro-Trains - N Scale - Runner Pack # 4 - 33 ft Twin Bay Hopper - Rib Sides - Burlington (CB&Q) - see Long Description - red with white lettering - (June 2007) (SKU 489-99300004)
These 33' twin-bay hoppers with rib sides are painted Chinese Red boasting large white "Burlington" letters, Burlington Route herald with alternating slogans, and run on black Bettendorf trucks. During 1945, Havelock built its first all-steel hoppers. These were designated HT-5B and numbered into the larger series # 188000-189999. In March of 1959, 250 of these hoppers were serviced and repainted into CB&Q's new "Chinese Red" paint. They were numbered into the smaller series # 189000-189649. These twin-bay hoppers remained in their Chinese Red paint into the mid-1980s.
Set road #'s: 189275 - 189280 - 189306 - 189310