First Time Ever In HO Scale! 

Between 1995 and 1996, Trenton Works out of Nova Scotia build multiple lots of hoppers for Canadian grain service At that time, these cars held 500 cu. Ft. more than the average hopper on the rails.

This made them popular railroads like Canadian National; who built over 1,000 of these cars. Besides CN, other companies such as Saskatchewan Wheat Pool built multiple lots of cars that offered the eye-catching POOL paint-scheme.

Over the years, these cars changed hands from various owners including Norfolk Southern, FURX, NOKL and St. Mary’s railway. Prairie Shadows is excited to bring this car to the HO Scale market for the first time ever!

We did not design a single variation of this car. In fact, we have a total of over 12 variations of the 5250 with 5 different body styles. These variations include different cage ladders, rivets on the side of the body, high and low “V” reinforcement brackets on the ends, and different outlet gates.

The hopper will also have see-thru etched metal walkways, Kadee couplers, and a number of different detail parts. These cars ride on Barber S2s including straight back and sway back trucks with metal wheels. See below for detailed information on each variation.

Our Car Features:

•       Five Body Variations
•       Three Outlet Gate Variations: Toggle-Lock, Holden, Hylar
•       Three Handbrake Variations: Universal, Ajax, Ellcon National
•       Two Styles of Trough Hatches
•       Two Different End Frame Ladders

•       Two Variations of Train Brake Lines
•       36” CNC Metal Wheels
•       Etched Roof Walks and Crossover Platforms
•       Separately Applied Grab Irons
•       Two Styles of Trucks: Barber S2 Sway Back, Barber S2 Straight Back
•       Cutlevers
•       Full Endcage Details
•       Kadee 158 Scale Couplers