Cities Service Oil offset side hoppers. Cities Service leased this group of cars from United States Railway Equipment in 1972. USRE had bought them used and had them rebuilt by Evans that same year. Why would an oil company want hopper cars? Because coke can also be made from petroleum. After the most valuable products are separated from the crude oil in the cracking process, the sludge that remains is made into coke with very little going to waste. Petroleum coke is a solid and at arm’s length, looks just like coke made from coal. In addition to burning it in blast furnaces, coke is also used to make anodes, pigments, filters and many other products requiring carbon. This run will be available in 3 road numbers

Features:

• Fully molded air tank and valve with piping, slope sheet braces
• Body mounted brake hose detail
• Separate brake cylinder, rod and lever detail (a first on an N scale open hopper!)
• Body mounted magnetically operating couplers
• Coal load
• Diecast slope sheets and center sill
• Injection molded plastic sides, ends and hopper doors