Athearn has announced new 40 ft 3-Bay Outside Braced Hoppers w/Load

PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:

Ballast hoppers are non-revenue freight cars that are owned by the parent railroad or leased from a construction company. These cars originate from a ballast quarry and shuttled via manifest freight or unit maintenance of way (MOW) trains to the right of way construction site. These cars can be seen together in long sets depending how extensive the project may be.

MODEL FEATURES:

• Removable load

• Decorated models fully-assembled and ready to run out of the box

• Highly-detailed, injection-molded body

• Separately applied brake wheel

• Machined metal wheels

• Weighted for trouble free operation

• Solid nickel silver wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track

• Body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers

• Window packaging for easy viewing plus interior plastic blister safely holds the model for convenient storage

• Replacement parts available

• Minimum radius: 9¾”

Order Due Date: August 30, 2019

Anticipated Delivery Date: August 2020